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殷墟
  jan1 heoi1   jyutping
  jin1 xu1   pinyin
The Yinxu ruins -- The ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty (1766-1050 B.C.), rediscovered in 1899, are one of the oldest and largest archeaological sites in China, famous as the original source of oracle bones and oracle bone script which are the earliest recorded form of Chinese writing.


Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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This word was added by rathpy on 29th Aug 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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 jan1 jin1 jan2 aan1  yin4 yin3 yin1 {yan1} | yan1 {y  -  abundant; many; flourishing; thriving; prosper
 heoi1  xu1  -  [1] [n] high mound; ancient town; ghost town [
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