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orange osmanthus
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
HSK 7-9
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  *丹* | 丹* | *丹
red / pellet / powder / cinnabar
Bhutan
pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
Denver, Colorado
erysipelas (medicine)
Yu Dan (1965–), Chinese scholar and author known for popularizing Chinese classical thought
South Sudan
cinnabar
Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市, Shandong / Mutan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关, Guangdong
eight-jewel elixir (TCM)
Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905
Dandong, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
Ramadan (loanword)
Danny (name)
Danjiangkou, a county-level city in Shiyan City 十堰市, Hubei
Daoist elixir
Danyang, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市, Jiangsu
see 山丹
Great Dane (dog breed)
coral lily (Lilium pumilum)
(botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
Isetan, Japanese department store
Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai border, capital Kota Baharu 哥打巴魯|哥打巴鲁
Dantu, a district of Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市, Jiangsu
(Tw) Stanford (University)
Danish pastry
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC
Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)
folk remedy
painting
Mudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
Dennis (name)
cinnabar (used in TCM)
The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖
(geology) (loanword) yardang
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
vermilion / rhetorical language
Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
nail polish (loanword, from "Cutex")
(name) Jordan
Mudan District of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市, Shandong
Danleng County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛, Shaanxi
red phoenix
Danfeng County in Shangluo 商洛, Shaanxi
Taoist internal alchemy
(loanword) denim / tannin
Dan Brown (American novelist)
loyal heart / loyalty
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关, Guangdong / Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
Giordano (brand)
amber
Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河
elixir / magic potion
Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
Taoist external alchemy
Shandan, a county in Zhangye City 張掖市|张掖市, Gansu
Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
Stanford University
Danzhai, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
Daniel (name)
the root bark of the peony tree
red phoenix eyes (eyes whose outer corners incline upwards)
eight-to-two powder (TCM)
rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum)
panacea
Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉
dahlia
to concoct pills of immortality
Nandan, a county in Hechi City 河池市, Guangxi
Michael Jordan (1963–) US basketball player
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems / panacea / elixir
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉
Stanley (name)
Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
Zhidan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
Wantan township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
Staten Island, borough of New York City
History of the Liao Dynasty, 13th-century book on the history of the Khitan Empire (916-1125)
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC
root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM)
Adam (name) / Aden, capital of Yemen
Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
Denmark
Kelantan (state of Malaysia)
Ramadan (loanword)
Zaandam (town in Netherlands)

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