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巫峽

简巫峡 · 繁巫峽

Mandarin · pinyin Wū Xiá

Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽 Sān Xiá

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巫: wū · wizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman
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峡: xiá · gorge, strait, ravine; isthmus

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(～鎮) Wuxia (a town in Wushan, Chongqing, China)
Wu Gorge (the second of China's Three Gorges)

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