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Mandarin · pinyin guān shān

fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall)
one's hometown

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山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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1–1 · guan1 shan1

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noun

(literary) mountains and mountain passes

name

(～街道) Guanshan (a subdistrict of Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
(～鎮) Guanshan (an urban township in Taitung County, Taiwan)

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