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奈良

Mandarin · pinyin Nài liáng

Nara (prefecture and city in Japan)

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奈: nài · but, how; bear, stand, endure
良: liáng · good, virtuous, respectable

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4–2 · Nai4 liang2

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(～縣) Nara (a prefecture of Japan)
(～市) Nara (a city in Nara Prefecture, Japan)

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