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The word "巴黎" (Bālí) is formed through a process of phonetic borrowing, where two existing Chinese characters are selected not for their meanings but primarily for how closely their combined pronunciation approximates the sound of the foreign name "Paris". The characters 巴 (bā) and 黎 (lí) are individually meaningless in this context and serve purely as phonetic symbols, strung together to mimic the two-syllable auditory impression of the French capital's name, creating a new written and spoken label for the city within the Chinese language.
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我想去巴黎旅行。
明年夏天我们打算去巴黎度假。
巴黎是一座浪漫又时尚的国际都市。
巴黎的埃菲尔铁塔是法国的著名地标。
他在巴黎留学期间，深深爱上了那里的艺术氛围和法式面包。