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巴里坤草原

Mandarin · pinyin Bā lǐ kūn cǎo yuán

Barkol grasslands near Hami in Xinjiang

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
坤: kūn · earth; feminine, female; trigram ☷; hexagram ䷁
草: cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs
原: yuán · source, origin, beginning

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1–3–1–3–2 · Ba1 li3 kun1 cao3 yuan2

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