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金沙江

Mandarin · pinyin Jīn shā Jiāng

Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze River 長江 Cháng Jiāng in southwestern China

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金: jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
沙: shā · sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname

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1–1–1 · Jin1 sha1 Jiang1

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Jinsha (a river in Qinghai and western Sichuan, China, the headwater of the Yangtze)

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