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銅川

简铜川 · 繁銅川

Mandarin · pinyin Tóng chuān

see 銅川市 Tóng chuān Shì

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川: chuān · stream, river; flow; boil
铜: tóng · copper, brass, bronze

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2–1 · Tong2 chuan1

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(～市) Tongchuan (a prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China)

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