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利川市

Mandarin · pinyin Lì chuān Shì

Lichuan, a county-level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 Ēn shī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu, Hubei

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利: lì · gains, advantage, profit, merit
川: chuān · stream, river; flow; boil
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade

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4–1–4 · Li4 chuan1 Shi4

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