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底格里斯河

Mandarin · pinyin Dǐ gé lǐ sī Hé

Tigris River, Iraq

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底: dǐ · bottom, underneath, underside
格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River

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3–2–3–1–2 · Di3 ge2 li3 si1 He2

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Tigris (a river in West Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq)

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