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納木錯

简纳木错 · 繁納木錯

Mandarin · pinyin Nà mù cuò

Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet

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木: mù · tree; wood, lumber; wooden
錯: cuò · error, blunder, mistake, wrong
纳: nà · admit, take, receive, accept
错: cuò · error, blunder, mistake; wrong

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4–4–4 · Na4 mu4 cuo4

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Namtso (a lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)
(～鄉) Namtso (a township in Damxung, Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, China)

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