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南非

Mandarin · pinyin Nán fēi

South Africa
Southern Africa

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南: nán · south; southern part; southward
非: fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175

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2–1 · Nan2 fei1

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naam4 fei1

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South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 南部非洲 (Nánbù Fēizhōu): Southern Africa (a geographic region comprising the southern part of Africa; always including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini, and sometimes also Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe)

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