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Mandarin · pinyin Huái Hé

Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河 Huáng Hé and the Changjiang 長江 Cháng Jiāng

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淮: huái · river in Anhui province
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River

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Huai River (a river in China)
(～鎮) Huaihe (a town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, China)

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