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奉天

Mandarin · pinyin Fèng tiān

old name for Shenyang 瀋陽 in modern Liaoning province

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奉: fèng · offer; receive; serve; respect
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial

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4–1 · Feng4 tian1

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verb

(literary) to follow the Mandate of Heaven

name

(～省) (historical) Fengtian (a former province of China, covering present-day Liaoning)
(～市) Old name for 瀋陽／沈阳 (Shěnyáng).

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