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闔閭城遺址

简阖闾城遗址 · 繁闔閭城遺址

Mandarin · pinyin Hé Lǘ chéng yí zhǐ

ruins of 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
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址: zhǐ · site, location, land for house
阖: hé · close; whole, entire; all; leaf
闾: lǘ · village of twenty-five families
遗: yí · lose; articles lost; omit

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2–2–2–2–3 · He2 Lu:2 cheng2 yi2 zhi3

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