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From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 太液池 (Tàiyèchí) (Tàiyèchí, "Great Flowing Pond").
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: one of several artificial lakes located in the imperial Chinese gardens of Chang'an and Beijing Full definition →
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 太液池 (Tàiyèchí) (Tàiyèchí, "Great Flowing Pond").
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.