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烟台
yān​tái

Yantai (Shandong)

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  • 烟台市 yān​tái​shì Yantai
    A city in Shandong Province on the northern coast of the Shandong Peninsula, named for the beacon towers built there during the Ming Dynasty to warn against pirates; abbreviated as [[烟台|煙臺|yan1 tai2]]
  • 狼烟台 láng​yān​tái beacon tower
    an ancient defensive watchtower used for relaying military signals by burning wolf dung to create smoke
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