巴爾幹

简 巴尔干 · 繁 巴爾幹
Mandarin · pinyin Bā ěr gàn

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  1. Balkan
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巴
bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
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幹
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尔
ěr · you; that, those; final particle
干
gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
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1–3–4 · Ba1 er3 gan4

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  1. the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Moldova, Hungary, Slovenia, and European Turkey)

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