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高麗
简 高丽 · 繁 高麗Mandarin · pinyin Gāo lí
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- Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392
- Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
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1–2 · Gao1 li2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gou1 lai6
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name · Etymology 1
- (historical) Goryeo
- (historical) synonym of 高句麗 /高句丽 (Gāogōulí): (historical) Goguryeo (an ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 37 BCE to 668 CE; at its maximum covering all of North Korea, the northern part of South Korea, parts of Manchuria in northeast China, and parts of Primorsky Krai in Russia)
- (historical or in compounds) Korea (a peninsula in East Asia, containing the countries of North Korea and South Korea; in full, Korean Peninsula)
noun · Etymology 1
- (Southern Min) Korean ginseng
noun · Etymology 2
- (Teochew) cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
adj · Etymology 3
- (literary) noble and splendid
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