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遼

简辽 · 繁遼

Mandarin · pinyin liáo#

(bound form) distant; faraway

Mandarin · pinyin Liáo#

short name for Liaoning 遼寧 Liáo níng province
Liao or Khitan dynasty (916-1125)

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辽: liáo · distant, far

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distant; far
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long; prolonged
(～朝) Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125)
(～河, ～水) Liao (a river in Northeast China)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 遼寧／辽宁 (Liáoníng, “Liaoning Province of China”)

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