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千島群島

简千岛群岛 · 繁千島群島

Mandarin · pinyin Qiān dǎo Qún dǎo

Kuril Islands, archipelago in Sakhalin, far-eastern Russia

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千: qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
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群: qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
岛: dǎo · island

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1–3–2–3 · Qian1 dao3 Qun2 dao3

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Kuril Islands (an archipelago between Japan and Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean)

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