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Mandarin · pinyin lán jiàn#

railing
fence
banisters

Mandarin · pinyin lán kǎn#

see 闌檻 lán jiàn

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阑: lán · door screen; railing fence
槛: kǎn · threshold, door-sill

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2–4 · lan2 jian4

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