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揚子江

简扬子江 · 繁揚子江

Mandarin · pinyin Yáng zǐ jiāng

Changjiang 長江 or Yangtze River
old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州

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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
扬: yáng · scatter, spread; praise

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2–3–1 · Yang2 zi3 jiang1

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(obsolete) the stretch of the Yangtze River between its mouth and Nanjing, near the formerly-important port of Yangzhou
Yangtze River

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