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平川

Mandarin · pinyin píng chuān#

an expanse of flat land

Mandarin · pinyin Píng chuān#

see 平川區 Píng chuān Qū

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平: píng · flat, level, even; peaceful
川: chuān · stream, river; flow; boil

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2–1 · ping2 chuan1

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noun

(literary) flat and level ground; (originally) plains with surmountable rivers/without geographical barrier

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(～市) Hirakawa (a city in Aomori Prefecture, Japan)
(～區) Pingchuan (a district of Baiyin, Gansu, China)
(～村) Pingchuan (a village in Shihua, Gucheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

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