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大亞灣

简大亚湾 · 繁大亞灣

Mandarin · pinyin Dà yà Wān

Daya Bay, located on the coast of Guangdong, near Shenzhen and Hong Kong

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
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亚: yà · Asia; second
湾: wān · bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream

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4–4–1 · Da4 ya4 Wan1

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Daya Bay (a bay of the South China Sea on the south coast of Guangdong Province, China)

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