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剛果河

简刚果河 · 繁剛果河

Mandarin · pinyin Gāng guǒ Hé

Congo River

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果: guǒ · fruit; result
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
刚: gāng · hard, tough, rigid, strong

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1–3–2 · Gang1 guo3 He2

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gong1 gwo2 ho4

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Congo River, Congo (a major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola)

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