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臨夏

lam4 haa6

lin2 xia4

Linxia (city in Gansu)

Level: 4

臨夏

臨 lam6 lam4 lin4 lin2 - [1] [v] look down from above; preside over [2]
夏 haa6 xia4 xia3 - summer

This word was added by bybell on 17th Sep 2006

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