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牡丹江市

Mandarin · pinyin Mǔ dān jiāng Shì

Mudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省 Hēi lóng jiāng Shěng

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牡: mǔ · male of animals; bolt of door
丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade

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3–1–1–4 · Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4

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