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海參崴

简海参崴 · 繁海參崴

Mandarin · pinyin Hǎi shēn wǎi

Haishenwai, traditional Chinese name for Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克 Fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè

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海: hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
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崴: wǎi · high, lofty; precipitous
参: cān · take part in, intervene; ginseng; 21st lunar mansion, determinative star ζ Orionis (Alnitak)

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3–1–3 · Hai3 shen1 wai3

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Vladivostok (a city and seaport, the administrative centre of the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai)

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