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巴吞魯日

简巴吞鲁日 · 繁巴吞魯日

Mandarin · pinyin Bā tūn Lǔ rì

Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
吞: tūn · swallow; absorb, annex, engulf
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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
鲁: lǔ · foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar

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1–1–3–4 · Ba1 tun1 Lu3 ri4

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Baton Rouge (a city, the state capital of Louisiana, United States)

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