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北部

běi bù · bei bu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

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北(běi)海(hǎi)道(dào)在(zài)日(rì)本(běn)本(běn)州(zhōu)的(de)北(běi)部(bù)。

Hokkaido is to the north of Honshu.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

这(zhè)个(ge)城(chéng)市(shì)的(de)北(běi)部(bù)有(yǒu)很(hěn)多(duō)新(xīn)开(kāi)的(de)商(shāng)店(diàn)。

There are many newly opened shops in the northern part of this city.

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north; (classical) to be defeated

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