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南詔

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Mandarin · pinyin Nán zhào

Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia

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南: nán · south; southern part; southward
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诏: zhào · decree, proclaim; imperial decree

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2–4 · Nan2 zhao4

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(historical) Nanzhao (a kingdom that flourished in present-day Yunnan, China, between 739 and 902 CE)
(～鎮) Nanzhao (a town in Zhao'an, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China)
(～鎮) Nanzhao (a town in Weishan, Dali prefecture, Yunnan, China)

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