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Mandarin · pinyin Guān wài

beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關 Shān hǎi guān or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關 Jiā yù guān or both

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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noun

(literary) the region outside or beyond a strategic pass
region east of the Shanhai Pass
region west of the Jiayu Pass

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