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闔閭城

简阖闾城 · 繁闔閭城

Mandarin · pinyin Hé lǘ chéng

capital city of King Helu of Wu from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu

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城: chéng · castle; city, town; municipality
阖: hé · close; whole, entire; all; leaf
闾: lǘ · village of twenty-five families

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2–2–2 · He2 lu:2 cheng2

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