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拜占庭

Mandarin · pinyin Bài zhàn tíng

Byzantium
Byzantine or Eastern Roman empire (395-1453)

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拜: bài · do obeisance, bow, kowtow
占: zhàn · divine; observe; versify
庭: tíng · courtyard; spacious hall or yard

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4–4–2 · Bai4 zhan4 ting2

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(historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 拜占庭帝國 (Bàizhàntíng Dìguó)

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