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集賢

简集贤 · 繁集賢

Mandarin · pinyin Jí xián

see 集賢縣 Jí xián Xiàn

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集: jí · assemble, collect together
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贤: xián · virtuous, worthy, good; able

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2–2 · Ji2 xian2

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verb

(literary) to gather people of outstanding integrity

name

(～縣) Jixian County (a county of Heilongjiang, China)
(～鎮) Jixian Town (a town in Shaanxi, China)
(～鄉) Jixian Township (a township in Sichuan, China)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 集賢殿書院／集贤殿书院 (“Academy of Gathered Worthies”)

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