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里弄

Mandarin · pinyin lǐ lòng

lanes and alleys
neighborhood
lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families

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里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
弄: nòng · do, play or fiddle with; alley

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3–4 · li3 long4

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lei5 lung6

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noun

(dialectal) alley; lane, neighborhood; residential district

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