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開封

简开封 · 繁開封

Mandarin · pinyin kāi fēng#

to open (sth that has been sealed)

Mandarin · pinyin Kāi fēng#

see 開封市 Kāi fēng Shì

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
封: fēng · letter, envelope; feudal
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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1–1 · kai1 feng1

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hoi1 fung1

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verb

to unseal, to break open a seal

name

(～市) Kaifeng (a prefecture-level city on the Yellow River in Henan, China, a former national capital)

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