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天台山

Mandarin · pinyin Tiān tāi Shān

Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興 Shào xīng in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 Tiān tái zōng

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
台: tái · platform; unit; term of address
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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1–1–1 · Tian1 tai1 Shan1

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Mount Tiantai (a mountain in Zhejiang, important in East Asian Buddhism)

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