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祊

Mandarin · pinyin bēng

side altar inside ancestral temple

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祊: bēng · river in Shāndōng; space inside

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1 · beng1

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bang1 · paang1

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(obsolete) temple gates
(historical) sacrificial place at a temple near the gates
(historical) sacrifice performed on the second of two days near the temple gates
a town in Shandong province from the Spring and Autumn Period

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