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興都庫什

简兴都库什 · 繁興都庫什

Mandarin · pinyin Xīng dū Kù shí

the Hindu Kush (mountain range)

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興: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish
都: dōu · dū · metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined
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什: shén · file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
兴: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish
库: kù · armory, treasury, storehouse

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1–1–4–2 · Xing1 du1 Ku4 shi2

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(～山脈, ～山) Hindu Kush (a mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan)

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