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吉首市

Mandarin · pinyin Jí shǒu Shì

Jishou, a county-level city in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州 Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu, Hunan

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吉: jí · lucky, propitious, good
首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade

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2–3–4 · Ji2 shou3 Shi4

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