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邊境地區

简边境地区 · 繁邊境地區

Mandarin · pinyin biān jìng dì qū

border area

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邊: Look up this written character
境: jìng · boundary, frontier; area, region
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
區: Look up this written character
边: biān · edge, margin, side, border
区: qū · area, district, region, ward

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1–4–4–1 · bian1 jing4 di4 qu1

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