Dōng xiāng zú Zì zhì xiàndictionary entry
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Dongxiang Autonomous County, in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lín xià Huí zú Zì zhì zhōu], Gansu
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Original source entry:

東鄉族自治縣 东乡族自治县 [Dong1 xiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] /Dongxiang Autonomous County, in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu/

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Other forms in these source records: 東鄉族自治縣

  • 东
    dōng

    east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

    Dōng

    surname Dong

  • 乡
    xiāng

    country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)

  • 族
    zú

    race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

  • 自
    zì

    (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course

  • 治
    zhì

    to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research

  • 县
    xiàn

    county / (Japan) prefecture

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