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南泥灣

简南泥湾 · 繁南泥灣

Mandarin · pinyin Nán ní wān

Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安 Yán ān, Shaanxi
"Nanniwan", a song written in 1943 to celebrate the achievements of communist revolutionaries in Nanniwan, where the 359th brigade of the Eighth Route Army reclaimed barren land as part of a campaign to become self-sufficient in food during a blockade by enemy forces

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南: nán · south; southern part; southward
泥: ní · mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster
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湾: wān · bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream

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2–2–1 · Nan2 ni2 wan1

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