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泰晤士河

Mandarin · pinyin Tài wù shì Hé

River Thames

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泰: tài · great, exalted, superior; big; hexagram ䷊
晤: wù · have interview with; meet
士: shì · scholar, gentleman; soldier
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River

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4–4–4–2 · Tai4 wu4 shi4 He2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

taai3 ng4 si6 ho4

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Thames (a river in southeast England in the United Kingdom, flowing through London)

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