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Mandarin · pinyin lái wú#

field with dense growth of wild weeds

Mandarin · pinyin Lái wú#

see 萊蕪區 Lái wú Qū

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莱: lái · goosefoot, weed; fallow field
芜: wú · luxurious growth of weeds

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2–2 · lai2 wu2

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(～區) Laiwu (a district of Jinan, Shandong, China)
(～市) (historical) Laiwu (a former prefecture-level city of Shandong, China, now absorbed into Jinan)

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