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布吉河

Mandarin · pinyin Bù jí Hé

Buji River, tributary of Shenzhen or Shamchun River 深圳河 Shēn zhèn Hé, Guangdong

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
吉: jí · lucky, propitious, good
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River

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4–2–2 · Bu4 ji2 He2

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