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盧溝橋

简卢沟桥 · 繁盧溝橋

Mandarin · pinyin Lú gōu Qiáo

Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng

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橋: qiáo · bridge; beam, crosspiece
卢: lú · cottage, hut; surname; black
沟: gōu · ditch, drain, narrow waterway
桥: qiáo · bridge; beam, crosspiece

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2–1–2 · Lu2 gou1 Qiao2

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Marco Polo Bridge, Lugou Bridge (a bridge in Fengtai district, Beijing, China)
(～街道) Lugouqiao (a subdistrict of Fengtai district, Beijing, China)

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