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印度河

Mandarin · pinyin Yìn dù Hé

Indus River

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印: yìn · print, seal, stamp, chop, mark
度: dù · degree, system; manner; to consider
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River

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4–4–2 · Yin4 du4 He2

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Indus (a major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea)

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