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居庸關

简居庸关 · 繁居庸關

Mandarin · pinyin Jū yōng guān

Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區 Chāng píng qū

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居: jū · live, dwell, reside, sit
庸: yōng · usual, common, ordinary, mediocre
關: Look up this written character
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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1–1–1 · Ju1 yong1 guan1

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Juyong Pass (a mountain pass and gate complex in the Great Wall in Hebei, China)

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