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連江

简连江 · 繁連江

Mandarin · pinyin Lián jiāng

see 連江縣 Lián jiāng Xiàn

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江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
连: lián · join, connect; continuous; even

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2–1 · Lian2 jiang1

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name

(～縣) Lianjiang (a county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
(～縣) Lienchiang (a county of Taiwan (Republic of China); de jure part of its Fujian Province; administrative name for the Matsu Islands)
(～鎮) Lianjiang (a town in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China)
Lian River (the largest tributary of the Bei River in Guangdong)

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