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高句丽

Gāo gōu lí

3-character word Traditional 高句麗

What 高句丽 means

1. Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms

The characters in 高句丽

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 句jùsentence; clause; phrase
• 丽lìbeautiful

Sounds the same

Read Gāo gōu lí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 高勾丽variant of 高句丽

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