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伏爾加格勒

简伏尔加格勒 · 繁伏爾加格勒

Mandarin · pinyin Fú ěr jiā gé lè

Volgograd, city in Russia on the Volga River 伏爾加河 Fú ěr jiā Hé

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伏: fú · crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal
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加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style
勒: lēi · strangle, tighten
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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2–3–1–2–4 · Fu2 er3 jia1 ge2 le4

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(～州) Volgograd (an oblast in southwestern Russia)
Volgograd (a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia)

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