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永定

Mandarin · pinyin Yǒng dìng

see 永定區 Yǒng dìng Qū
see 永定河 Yǒng dìng Hé

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永: yǒng · long, perpetual, eternal, forever
定: dìng · decide, settle, fix

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3–4 · Yong3 ding4

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(～區, formerly ～縣) Yongding (a district and former county of Longyan, Fujian, China)
(～區) Yongding (a district of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China)
Yongding (a river flowing through Shanxi, Hebei and Tianjin provinces, the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, and the city of Beijing; it flows for 400 miles and empties into the Hai River)

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