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大同

Mandarin · pinyin Dà tóng

see 大同市 Dà tóng Shì
see 大同鄉 Dà tóng Xiāng
see 大同區 Dà tóng Qū
(Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
同: tóng · same, similar; together with

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4–2 · Da4 tong2

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noun

(Chinese philosophy) Great Unity (utopian vision of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace)
(formal) significant similarities
(～卦) A combination 四上三中四下 in the Lingqijing.
(Taiwanese Hokkien, chiefly Tainan and Magong Hokkien) green pepper

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(～市) Datong (a prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China)
(～縣) (historical) Datong (a former county of Datong, Shanxi, China; modern Yunzhou District)
(～區) Datong (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
(～區) Datong District (a district of Daqing, Heilongjiang, China)
(～鄉) Datong Township (various townships in Mainland China)
(～鄉) Datong (a mountain indigenous township in Yilan County, Taiwan)
(～鎮) Datong Town (various towns in Mainland China)
(～社區) Datong (a residential community in Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The fifth era of Emperor Wu of Liang, from 535 to 546.
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The third era of Emperor Wuxuan of Dafengmin (formerly Nanzhao), ending in 888.
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The third era of Emperor Taizong of Liao, in 947.
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The second era of Puxian Wannu as emperor of Eastern Xia, from 1224 to 1233.
(historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name): — The era of Puyi as chief executive of the Japanese puppet state of the State of Manchuria (Manchukuo), from 1932 until his enthronement as emperor with the establishment of the Empire of Manchuria in 1934.

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