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大田

Mandarin · pinyin Dà tián

see 大田縣 Dà tián Xiàn
Daejeon, a city in South Korea

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
田: tián · field, arable land, cultivated

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4–2 · Da4 tian2

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noun

large field; large area of farmland

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(～縣) Datian (a county of Sanming, Fujian, China)
(～廣域市, ～市) Daejeon (a city in South Korea)
(～市) Oda (a city in Shimane Prefecture, Japan)
(～區) Ota (a special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan)

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