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赤壁

Mandarin · pinyin Chì bì

Red Cliffs, historic battlefield in Huangzhou District 黃州區 Huáng zhōu Qū, Huanggang 黃岡市 Huáng gāng Shì, Hubei, site of the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD
see 赤壁市 Chì bì Shì

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赤: chì · red; bare; Kangxi radical 155
壁: bì · partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)

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4–4 · Chi4 bi4

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(historical) Chibi (place where the Battle of Chibi happened)
(～市) Chibi (a county-level city of Xianning, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Chibi (a subdistrict of Huangzhou district, Huanggang, Hubei, China)
(～鎮) Chibi (a town in Chibi, Xianning, Hubei, China)

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