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酆都

Mandarin · pinyin Fēng dū

old variant of 豐都 Fēng dū
Fengdu county Chongqing municipality
name of a famous necropolis

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酆: fēng · Zhou-era state in modern Sichuan
都: dōu · dū · metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined

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