連江

简 连江 · 繁 連江
Mandarin · pinyin Lián jiāng

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  1. see 連江縣 Lián jiāng Xiàn
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江
jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
连
lián · join, connect; continuous; even
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2–1 · Lian2 jiang1

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name

  1. (~縣) Lianjiang (a county of Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
  2. (~縣) Lienchiang (a county of Taiwan (Republic of China); de jure part of its Fujian Province; administrative name for the Matsu Islands)
  3. (~鎮) Lianjiang (a town in Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Anhui, China)
  4. Lian River (the largest tributary of the Bei River in Guangdong)

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