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志丹縣

简志丹县 · 繁志丹縣

Mandarin · pinyin Zhì dān Xiàn

Zhidan, a county in Yan'an City 延安市 Yán ān Shì, Shaanxi

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志: zhì · purpose, will, determination; annals
丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
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县: xiàn · county, district, subdivision

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4–1–4 · Zhi4 dan1 Xian4

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