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西漢

简西汉 · 繁西漢

Mandarin · pinyin Xī Hàn

Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢 Qián Hàn, Former Han Dynasty

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
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汉: hàn · Chinese people; Chinese language

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(historical) the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 9)
(historical) short for 西漢金山國 /西汉金山国 (Xī Hàn Jīnshānguó) (AD 909–911)
(historical) short for 西漢敦煌國 /西汉敦煌国 (Xī Hàn Dūnhuángguó) (AD 911–914)
(～水) Xihan (a river in Gansu, China)

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