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河間市

简河间市 · 繁河間市

Mandarin · pinyin Hé jiān Shì

Hejian, a county-level city in Cangzhou City 滄州市 Cāng zhōu Shì, Hebei

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河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
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市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade
间: jiān · midpoint, space; place, locality

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2–1–4 · He2 jian1 Shi4

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