"Tan-shui" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Mandarin 淡水 (Dànshuǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Tan⁴-shui³. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|淡水|tr=Dànshuǐ}} Mandarin 淡水 (Dànshuǐ), {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Tan-shui
  1. Synonym of Tamsui Synonyms: Tamsui [synonym, synonym-of]
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          "text": "The point — and the symbolism — was that so long as the informer kept his mouth shut he was alive. Harry had seen the result of zjuk carried out by the Tapei Triad on a poor jerk they found in a back street of Tan-shui. They had used broad nail heads that didn’t make such big holes on their way in. When the paramedics came and pulled the brick off the dead man, the face came with it.",
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