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洪山

Mandarin · pinyin Hóng shān

see 洪山區 Hóng shān Qū

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洪: hóng · vast, immense; flood, deluge
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak

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2–1 · Hong2 shan1

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(～區) Hongshan (a district of Wuhan, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Hongshan (a subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
(～鎮) Hongshan (a town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, China)

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