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杏花村

Mandarin · pinyin xìng huā cūn

village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧 Dù Mù)

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杏: xìng · apricot; almond
花: huā · flower; blossoms
村: cūn · village, hamlet; uncouth, vulgar

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4–1–1 · xing4 hua1 cun1

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noun

(literally) village of apricot blossom
(literary, figurative) liquor vendor

name

(historical) Xinghuacun, an ancient placename near modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China
(～鎮) Xinghuacun (a town in Fenyang, Shanxi, China)
Heng Fa Chuen (a private housing estate in Hong Kong)

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