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澗西

简涧西 · 繁澗西

Mandarin · pinyin Jiàn xī

see 澗西區 Jiàn xī Qū

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
涧: jiàn · brook, mountain stream

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4–1 · Jian4 xi1

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