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關防

简关防 · 繁關防

Mandarin · pinyin guān fáng

security measures (esp. border security)
official seal (esp. military seal during Qing and Ming times)

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防: fáng · defend; prevent; embankment
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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1–2 · guan1 fang2

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noun

(literary) a military position at a strategic point on the border
(literary) an official seal

name

(～鄉) Guanfang (a township in Yunxi, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

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