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西陵峽

简西陵峡 · 繁西陵峽

Mandarin · pinyin Xī líng Xiá

Xiling Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the lower of the Three Gorges 三峽 Sān Xiá

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
陵: líng · hill, mound; mausoleum
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峡: xiá · gorge, strait, ravine; isthmus

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Xiling Gorge (the easternmost and largest of China's Three Gorges)

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