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仙居

Mandarin · pinyin Xiān jū

see 仙居縣 Xiān jū Xiàn

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仙: xiān · Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal
居: jū · live, dwell, reside, sit

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1–1 · Xian1 ju1

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sin1 geoi1

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noun

(literary) a magical place (where immortals reside)

name

(～鄉) Xianju (a township in Dongbao district, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

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