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餘姚

简余姚 · 繁餘姚

Mandarin · pinyin Yú yáo

see 餘姚市 Yú yáo Shì

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姚: yáo · handsome, elegant; surname
余: yú · I, my, me; surname; surplus

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2–2 · Yu2 yao2

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(～市) Yuyao (a county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)
(～村) Yuyao (a village in Zhucheng, Xinzhou district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

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