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巫山

Mandarin · pinyin Wū Shān#

Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges

Mandarin · pinyin Wū shān#

see 巫山縣 Wū shān Xiàn

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巫: wū · wizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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name

(～縣) Wushan (a county of Chongqing, China)
(～鎮) Wushan (a town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)
(～村) Wushan (a village in Wushan town, Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China)

noun

(figurative, euphemistic) lovemaking; sexual intercourse

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