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龜茲

简龟兹 · 繁龜茲

Mandarin · pinyin Qiū cí

Kucha, ancient Silk Road kingdom and Buddhist center on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert (Han-Tang period), in present-day Aksu, Xinjiang

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龟: guī · turtle or tortoise; cuckold
兹: zī · now, here; this; time, year

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(historical) Kucha or Kuchar (an ancient Central Asian city-state that flourished in the first millennium AD, located in modern day Aksu, Xinjiang)

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