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瀛洲

Mandarin · pinyin Yíng zhōu

Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality

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瀛: yíng · sea, ocean
洲: zhōu · continent; island; islet

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2–1 · Ying2 zhou1

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(Chinese mythology) Yingzhou, a mythological eastern island which is the home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality
(figurative, poetic) Japan

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