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冷水灘

简冷水滩 · 繁冷水灘

Mandarin · pinyin Lěng shuǐ tān

see 冷水灘區 Lěng shuǐ tān Qū

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冷: lěng · cold, cool; lonely
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
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滩: tān · bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids

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3–3–1 · Leng3 shui3 tan1

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(～區) Lengshuitan (a district of Yongzhou, Hunan, China)

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