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丹陽市

简丹阳市 · 繁丹陽市

Mandarin · pinyin Dān yáng Shì

Danyang, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市 Zhèn jiāng Shì, Jiangsu

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丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
陽: yáng · the active, male principle in Chinese philosophy (yang); light; sun
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade
阳: yáng · 'male' principle; light; sun

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1–2–4 · Dan1 yang2 Shi4

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