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東半球
简 东半球 · 繁 東半球Mandarin · pinyin dōng bàn qiú
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- the Eastern Hemisphere
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1–4–2 · dong1 ban4 qiu2
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dung1 bun3 kau4
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- Eastern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the east of the Greenwich meridian (zero degree longitude) and west of 180 degrees longitude (approximately the International Date Line), containing Africa, Asia and Europe, except for a small part of eastern Russia)
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