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布里斯托爾海峽

简布里斯托尔海峡 · 繁布里斯托爾海峽

Mandarin · pinyin Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr Hǎi xiá

Bristol Channel in southwest England

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on
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海: hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
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尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle
峡: xiá · gorge, strait, ravine; isthmus

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4–3–1–1–3–3–2 · Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3 Hai3 xia2

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