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Mandarin · pinyin zī yuán#

natural resource (such as water or minerals)
resource (such as manpower or tourism)

Mandarin · pinyin Zī yuán#

see 資源縣 Zī yuán Xiàn

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資: Look up this written character
源: yuán · spring; source, head; surname
资: zī · property; wealth; capital

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1–2 · zi1 yuan2

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zi1 jyun4

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noun · Etymology 1

resource; asset
(specifically) natural resource
(slang) fund; funding; capital
(euphemistic) personal connections
(euphemistic, slang) pornography; porn

name · Etymology 2

(～縣) Ziyuan County (a county of Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China)

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