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長平

简长平 · 繁長平

Mandarin · pinyin Cháng píng

Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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2–2 · Chang2 ping2

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