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天府之國

简天府之国 · 繁天府之國

Mandarin · pinyin tiān fǔ zhī guó

(idiom) land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan)

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
府: fǔ · prefecture; prefect; government
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
國: Look up this written character
国: guó · nation, country, nation-state

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1–3–1–2 · tian1 fu3 zhi1 guo2

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tin1 fu2 zi1 gwok3

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noun

(poetic) Sichuan (a province in central China)
(poetic) Chengdu (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China)

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