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Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil);place name;to revive;used as phonetic in transliteration;abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃 or 蘇聯|苏联, Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏 and Suzhou city 蘇州|苏州
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