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六甲

Mandarin · pinyin Liù jiǎ

(place name)

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六: liù · number six
甲: jiǎ · armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem

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4–3 · Liu4 jia3

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noun

the six combinations containing 甲 (the first heavenly stem) in the sexagenary cycle
(figurative) pregnancy, since the days whose sexagenary names contain 甲 are when women are most likely to fall pregnant in Taoist beliefs

name

(～區) Lioujia (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)

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