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錫爾河

简锡尔河 · 繁錫爾河

Mandarin · pinyin Xī ěr Hé

Syr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the Aral sea

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河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
锡: xī · tin, stannum; bestow, confer
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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Syr Darya (a river in Central Asia)
(～州) Sirdaryo (a region of Uzbekistan)

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