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五臺山

简五台山 · 繁五臺山

Mandarin · pinyin Wǔ tái Shān

Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西 Shān xī, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊 Wén shū

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五: wǔ · five; surname
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山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
台: tái · platform; unit; term of address

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3–2–1 · Wu3 tai2 Shan1

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Mount Wutai (a sacred mountain of Buddhism in Shaanxi, China)

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