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德輔道西
dak1 fu6 dou6 sai1
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Des Voeux Road West runs west from Sai Wan/Western (西環) to Shek Tong Tsui (石塘嘴). It reaches an alignment several blocks down at the junction with Connaught Road West (干諾道西) and becomes Kennedy Town Praya (堅尼地城海旁) in Shek Tong Tsui. Des Voeux Road Central and Des Voeux Road West are two roads on the north shore of the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. They were named after the 10th Governor of Hong Kong, Sir George William Des Vœux (德輔).
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This word has been viewed 2844 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by azurenights on 10th Mar 2010 09:11 and last edited on 11th Mar 2010 06:19 |
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Characters in this word:德 dak1 - virtue; personal energy; family name輔 fu6 - assist; auxiliary 道 dou6 - road; way; channel; doctrine; Taoism; skill 西 sai1 - west |
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