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五指山

Mandarin · pinyin Wǔ zhǐ Shān

Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan
Wuzhishan City, Hainan

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五: wǔ · five; surname
指: zhǐ · finger, toe; point, indicate
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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3–3–1 · Wu3 zhi3 Shan1

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noun

(figurative) someone's control

name

Wuzhi Mountain (the highest mountain in Hainan, China)
(～市) Wuzhishan (a sub-prefectural city of Hainan, China)
Five Finger Mountain (a mountain in Hsinchu County, Taiwan)

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