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老河口

Mandarin · pinyin Lǎo hé kǒu

see 老河口市 Lǎo hé kǒu Shì

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老: lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate

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3–2–3 · Lao3 he2 kou3

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(～市) Laohekou (a county-level city of Xiangyang, Hubei, China)

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