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白鶴灘

简白鹤滩 · 繁白鶴灘

Mandarin · pinyin Bái hè tān

Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江 Jīn shā Jiāng at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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鹤: hè · crane; Grus species (various)
滩: tān · bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids

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2–4–1 · Bai2 he4 tan1

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