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眷村

juàn cūn·ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄘㄨㄣ

“military dependents' village; residential community in Taiwan originally for KMT soldiers' families after 1949; also general term for military housing area”

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眷

juàn·ㄐㄩㄢˋ

To care for or look after; to regard with affection; family members, especially spouse and children; to look back (literary).

村

cūn·ㄘㄨㄣ

village or hamlet; rustic or boorish; to scold or insult with words