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蓬萊仙境

简蓬莱仙境 · 繁蓬萊仙境

Mandarin · pinyin péng lái xiān jìng

Penglai, island of immortals
fairyland

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蓬: péng · type of raspberry; fairyland
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仙: xiān · Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal
境: jìng · boundary, frontier; area, region
莱: lái · goosefoot, weed; fallow field

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2–2–1–4 · peng2 lai2 xian1 jing4

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pung4 loi4 sin1 ging2

Cantonese word readings for 蓬萊仙境. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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