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七星

Mandarin · pinyin Qī xīng

see 七星區 Qī xīng Qū

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七: qī · seven
星: xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)

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1–1 · Qi1 xing1

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(Chinese astronomy) Star Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
Big Dipper
(～區) Qixing District (a district of Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China)

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