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山丹

Mandarin · pinyin shān dān#

coral lily (Lilium pumilum)

Mandarin · pinyin Shān dān#

see 山丹縣 Shān dān Xiàn

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山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)

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1–1 · shan1 dan1

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noun

coral lily (Lilium pumilum)
(alt-of, alternative, name) Alternative name for 仙丹花 (“Ixora chinensis”).
any other species in Lilium

name

(～縣) Shandan (a county of Zhangye, Gansu, China)

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