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布隆方丹

Mandarin · pinyin Bù lóng fāng dān

Bloemfontein

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
隆: lóng · prosperous, plentiful, abundant
方: fāng · a square, rectangle; a region; local
丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)

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4–2–1–1 · Bu4 long2 fang1 dan1

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(chiefly Mainland China, Hong Kong) Bloemfontein (a major city and judicial capital of South Africa)

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