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千島湖

简千岛湖 · 繁千島湖

Mandarin · pinyin Qiān dǎo Hú

Qiandao Lake (aka Xin'an River Reservoir) in Zhejiang, created as part of a hydroelectric project in 1959

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千: qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
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湖: hú · a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
岛: dǎo · island

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Qiandao Lake (a man-made freshwater lake located in Chun'an, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, that was formed after the completion of the Xin'an River hydroelectric station in 1959)
(～鎮) Qiandaohu (the county town of Chun'an, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)

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