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錫當河

简锡当河 · 繁錫當河

Mandarin · pinyin Xī dāng Hé

Sittang River of central Myanmar (Burma), between Irrawaddy and Salween rivers

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當: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
锡: xī · tin, stannum; bestow, confer
当: dāng · bear, accept, undertake; just

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1–1–2 · Xi1 dang1 He2

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