zhōng yāng zhí xiá shìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
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中央直轄市 中央直辖市 [zhong1 yang1 zhi2 xia2 shi4] /municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision/province level city/also called directly governed city/

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中央直辖市
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