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The character 滇 is a phono-semantic compound with the water radical 氵 on the left, linking it to bodies of water, and the phonetic component 真 on the right, indicating its pronunciation. It was originally coined for Lake Dianchi, a large freshwater fault lake in southwestern China. The meaning later expanded from the lake itself to the ancient Dian Kingdom that surrounded it. In modern usage, 滇 serves as the formal abbreviation for Yunnan Province, evolving from a specific geographical name to a broader regional and cultural designation.
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我去过滇池。
滇菜很好吃。
滇红茶很有名。
我们计划去滇旅游。
滇西北的风景非常美丽。
滇缅公路在二战中很重要。
云南省简称滇，位于中国西南。
滇文化融合了多个少数民族的特色。