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丹巴縣

简丹巴县 · 繁丹巴縣

Mandarin · pinyin Dān bā Xiàn

Danba, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 Gān zī Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu, Sichuan

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丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
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县: xiàn · county, district, subdivision

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1–1–4 · Dan1 ba1 Xian4

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