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薩爾溫江

简萨尔温江 · 繁薩爾溫江

Mandarin · pinyin Sà ěr wēn jiāng

Salween river, flowing from Tibet into Myanmar

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江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
萨: sà · Buddhist gods or immortals
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle
温: wēn · lukewarm

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4–3–1–1 · Sa4 er3 wen1 jiang1

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Salween (a river rising in the Tibetan Plateau and flowing into the Andaman Sea, forming part of Myanmar's border with Thailand) (in reference to its lower reaches outside China)

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