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怒江

Mandarin · pinyin Nù jiāng

see 怒江傈僳族自治州 Nù jiāng Lì sù zú Zì zhì zhōu
Nujiang river of south Tibet and northwest Yunnan, the upper reaches of Salween river 薩爾溫江, forming border of Myanmar and Thailand

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怒: nù · anger, rage, passion; angry
江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname

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4–1 · Nu4 jiang1

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Nu River, or the upper reaches of the Salween River in China
(～傈僳族自治州, ～州) Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture (an autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China)

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