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黃泛區

简黄泛区 · 繁黃泛區

Mandarin · pinyin huáng fàn qū#

red-light district

Mandarin · pinyin Huáng fàn qū#

Huang He Inundated Area, the area flooded in 1938 when dikes along the Yellow River were destroyed in an attempt to halt the advance of Japanese troops
(historically) Huang He floodable area

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黃: huáng · yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
泛: fàn · to drift, float; careless, reckless
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黄: huáng · yellow; surname
区: qū · area, district, region, ward

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2–4–1 · huang2 fan4 qu1

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area flooded by the Yellow River in the 1938-47 Yellow River flood, comprising many counties in the provinces of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu

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