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鼓山

Mandarin · pinyin Gǔ shān

Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市 Gāo xióng shì, south Taiwan

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鼓: gǔ · drum; beat, top, strike; Kangxi radical 207
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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3–1 · Gu3 shan1

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A mountain near Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
(～鎮) Gushan (a town in Fuzhou, China)
(～區) Gushan (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

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