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開伯爾山口

简开伯尔山口 · 繁開伯爾山口

Mandarin · pinyin Kāi bó ěr shān kǒu

Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
伯: bó · older brother; father's elder brother; senior male 'sire'; feudal rank 'count'
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山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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1–2–3–1–3 · Kai1 bo2 er3 shan1 kou3

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Khyber Pass (a mountain pass connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan of great strategic and historical importance)

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