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坎大哈

Mandarin · pinyin Kǎn dà hā

Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)

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坎: kǎn · pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis; trigram ☵; hexagram ䷜
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
哈: hā · sound of laughter

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3–4–1 · Kan3 da4 ha1

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Kandahar (the capital city of Kandahar province, Afghanistan)
(～省) Kandahar (a province of Afghanistan)

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