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天府

Mandarin · pinyin Tiān fǔ

Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu)
land of plenty

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
府: fǔ · prefecture; prefect; government

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1–3 · Tian1 fu3

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noun

(literary) imperial treasury; land of abundance
(traditional Chinese medicine) name of an acupuncture point

name

Tianfu (a new area in Sichuan, China, incorporating Chengdu and Meishan)

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