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吉里巴斯

Mandarin · pinyin Jí lǐ bā sī

Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw)

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吉: jí · lucky, propitious, good
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle

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2–3–1–1 · Ji2 li3 ba1 si1

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(Taiwan) Kiribati (a country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

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