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長江三峽

简长江三峡 · 繁長江三峽

Mandarin · pinyin Cháng Jiāng Sān xiá

Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽 Qú táng Xiá, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽 Wū Xiá and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽 Xī líng Xiá

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
三: sān · three
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长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader
峡: xiá · gorge, strait, ravine; isthmus

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Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

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