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香格里拉
Mandarin · pinyin Xiāng gé lǐ lā
Meanings
- Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"; a paradise on earth
- see 香格里拉市 Xiāng gé lǐ lā Shì
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1–2–3–1 · Xiang1 ge2 li3 la1
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hoeng1 gaak3 lei5 laai1
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name
- Shangri-La
- (～市) Shangri-La City (a county-level city of Diqing prefecture, Yunnan, China)
- (～鎮) Xianggelila (a town in Daocheng, Garzê prefecture, Sichuan, China)
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