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大通

Mandarin · pinyin Dà tōng

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
通: tōng · pass through; common; communicate

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4–1 · Da4 tong1

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noun

(～卦) A combination 一上一中一下 in the Lingqijing.

name

(～區) Datong (a district of Huainan, Anhui, China)
(～回族土族自治縣, ～縣) Datong (an autonomous county of Xining, Qinghai, China)
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