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拉卜楞寺

Mandarin · pinyin Lā bǔ léng Sì

Labrang Monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣 Xià hé Xiàn, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet

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拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
卜: bo · bǔ · fortune telling; prophesy
楞: léng · used for Ceylon in Buddhist texts
寺: sì · court, office; temple, monastery

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1–3–2–4 · La1 bu3 leng2 Si4

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laai1 buk1 ling4 zi6

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