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外東北

简外东北 · 繁外東北

Mandarin · pinyin Wài Dōng běi

see 外滿洲 Wài Mǎn zhōu

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
北: běi · north; northern; northward
东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward

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4–1–3 · Wai4 Dong1 bei3

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Outer Manchuria (the region of Northeast Asia formerly controlled by Qing Dynasty China and now part of Russia)

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