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巴東縣

简巴东县 · 繁巴東縣

Mandarin · pinyin Bā dōng Xiàn

Badong, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 Ēn shī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu, Hubei

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
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东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
县: xiàn · county, district, subdivision

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1–1–4 · Ba1 dong1 Xian4

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