粤汉铁路

yuè hàn tiě lù

Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[Jing1 Guang3 Tie3 lu4]

yuè

short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1]

hàn

the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

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iron (metal)

road (CL:條|条[tiao2])