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東
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dōng
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- east
- host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest)
- landlord
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魏
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Wèi
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- surname Wei
- name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States
- Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操 Cáo Cāo, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty
- the Wei dynasty 221–265
- Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
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魏
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wèi
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tower over a palace gateway (old)
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魏
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wéi
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) standing alone
- alternative form of 巍 (wéi, “towering”)
- standing alone
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