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慶元

简庆元 · 繁慶元

Mandarin · pinyin Qìng yuán

see 慶元縣 Qìng yuán Xiàn

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元: yuán · first; dollar; origin; head
庆: qìng · congratulate, celebrate

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4–2 · Qing4 yuan2

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(～縣) Qingyuan (a county of Lishui, Zhejiang, China)
the Qingyuan era (1195–1200)
(～府, ～路) (historical) Qingyuan (a historical fu (prefecture) and lu (circuit) that existed in the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties respectively and whose capital was Yin County (鄞縣／鄞县 (Yínxiàn)), located in present-day Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)

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