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江南省

Mandarin · pinyin Jiāng nán shěng

name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing

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江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
南: nán · south; southern part; southward
省: shěng · province; save, economize

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1–2–3 · Jiang1 nan2 sheng3

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