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土耳其

Mandarin · pinyin Tǔ ěr qí

Turkey

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土: tǔ · soil, earth; items made of earth
耳: ěr · ear; merely, only; handle; Kangxi radical 128
其: qí · his, her, its, their; that

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3–3–2 · Tu3 er3 qi2

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tou2 ji5 kei4

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Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia)

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