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"roman": "xarbin",
"sense": "a sub-provincial city in northeastern China",
"word": "خاربىن"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a sub-provincial city in northeastern China",
"word": "Cáp Nhĩ Tân"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "a sub-provincial city in northeastern China",
"word": "Hah'wjbinh"
}
],
"word": "Harbin"
}
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