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長陽

简长阳 · 繁長陽

Mandarin · pinyin Cháng yáng

see 長陽土家族自治縣 Cháng yáng Tǔ jiā zú Zì zhì xiàn

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
陽: yáng · the active, male principle in Chinese philosophy (yang); light; sun
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
阳: yáng · 'male' principle; light; sun

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2–2 · Chang2 yang2

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(～土家族自治縣, ～縣) Changyang (an autonomous county of Yichang, Hubei, China)

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