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蘇州河

简苏州河 · 繁蘇州河

Mandarin · pinyin Sū zhōu Hé

Suzhou Creek (river in Shanghai)

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州: zhōu · administrative division, state
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
苏: sū · revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'

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Suzhou Creek (a river in Shanghai municipality and Jiangsu, China, between Lake Tai and the Huangpu River; despite its name, it is 78 miles long)

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