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玄武區

简玄武区 · 繁玄武區

Mandarin · pinyin Xuán wǔ Qū

Xuanwu, a district of Nanjing City 南京市 Nán jīng Shì, Jiangsu

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玄: xuán · deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95
武: wǔ · military; martial, warlike
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区: qū · area, district, region, ward

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2–3–1 · Xuan2 wu3 Qu1

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