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乃堆拉

Mandarin · pinyin Nǎi duī lā

Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)

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乃: nǎi · then; really, indeed; as it turned out, after all; namely
堆: duī · heap, pile, crowd; pile up
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen

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3–1–1 · Nai3 dui1 la1

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(～山口) Nathu La (a mountain pass in the Himalayas on the India-China border, connecting the Indian state of Sikkim and China's Tibet Autonomous Region)

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