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Islam
HSK 7-9
Yilan County in northeast Taiwan
lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common / the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
Ulanqab, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
Mr Gram / Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法
rum (beverage) (loanword)
lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood / poetic term for boat
Lancashire (English county)
the Netherlands
Yilan City in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, northeast Taiwan
Atlanta
Britney Spears (1981-), US pop singer
(bird species of China) Przevalski's redstart; Ala Shan redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)
Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain)
Milano / Milan (Italy)
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Rand or Randt (name)
profound friendship / sworn brotherhood
Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
Zhuolan or Cholan town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Lanshan district of Linyi city 臨沂市|临沂市, Shandong
Republic of Ireland
(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet
broccoli
Dutch auction / descending-price auction
cymbidium / orchid
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  *蘭* | 蘭* | *蘭
surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州, Gansu
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  *蘭* | 蘭* | *蘭
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
Lanyu or Orchid Island township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Chevrolet
New Zealand (Tw)
Sri Lanka
Roland (name)
Reims (city in France)
marjoram (Origanum majorana)
variant of 芥藍|芥蓝
Ukraine
Ireland
Holland; the Netherlands
New England
Finland
Scotland
Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles)
Auckland (New Zealand city) / Oakland (California, US city)
Ulaanbaatar or Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia
Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
New Zealand
Frankfurt, Germany
Orlando
flange (loanword)
Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author
France
hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
Gram-positive (bacteria)
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
the Koran
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Tehran, capital of Iran
(name) Franklin / Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author
Frank (name)
Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊
Kavalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan / old name of Yilan 宜蘭|宜兰 County, Taiwan / Kavalan, a brand of single malt whisky from Taiwan
Poland
Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / see 花木蘭|花木兰
lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)
Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
flannel (loanword) / Taiwan pr. [fa4 lan2 rong2]
Falkland Islands
Lanling County in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name)
Greenland
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
brandy (loanword)
Brandenburg
Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong
Swaziland (Tw)
Maryland, US state
lit. directory of orchids / fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers)
Lanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
Wulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
Casablanca (Morocco's economic capital)
Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian
Yilan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
Eupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb)
Meilan district of Haikou city 海口市, Hainan
Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet
Lankao county in Kaifeng 開封|开封, Henan
orchid / fragrant thoroughwort / (botany) Eupatorium fortunei / Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)
(name) Branson or Brandsen / Sir Richard Branson (1950–), British billionaire and founder of the Virgin Group
to be close friends
Lanshan district of Linyi city 臨沂市|临沂市, Shandong
Newfoundland Island, Canada
spearmint
your son (honorific)

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