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布里坦尼

Mandarin · pinyin Bù lǐ tǎn ní

Brittany (France)
Bretagne

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
坦: tǎn · flat, smooth; self-possessed
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration

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4–3–3–2 · Bu4 li3 tan3 ni2

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