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巢湖

Mandarin · pinyin Cháo Hú#

Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥 Hé féi, Anhui

Mandarin · pinyin Cháo hú#

see 巢湖市 Cháo hú Shì

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巢: cháo · nest, living quarter in tree
湖: hú · a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

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2–2 · Chao2 Hu2

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Lake Chao (a lake in Anhui, China)
(～市) Chaohu (a county-level city of Hefei, Anhui, China)

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