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普陀山 is formed by combining the characters and , which together serve as a phonetic transliteration of the Sanskrit "Potala", a term associated with a Buddhist sacred site, with the character , which denotes "mountain", thereby specifying it as a geographical feature.

Word Definition - 普陀山

pǔ tuó shān Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara)

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