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眷村

Mandarin · pinyin juàn cūn

military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949)

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眷: juàn · take interest in, care for
村: cūn · village, hamlet; uncouth, vulgar

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4–1 · juan4 cun1

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military dependents' village (community in Taiwan built in the mid-20th century to provide provisional housing for ROC soldiers and their dependents from Mainland China)

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