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元江

Mandarin · pinyin Yuán jiāng

see 元江哈尼族彝族傣族自治縣 Yuán jiāng Hā ní zú Yí zú Dǎi zú Zì zhì xiàn

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元: yuán · first; dollar; origin; head
江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname

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2–1 · Yuan2 jiang1

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The "Yuan River", the Chinese stretch of the Red River, prior to its crossing the Vietnamese border
(～哈尼族彝族傣族自治縣, ～縣) Yuanjiang (an autonomous county of Yuxi, Yunnan, China)

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