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長庚

简长庚 · 繁長庚

Mandarin · pinyin Cháng gēng

Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
庚: gēng · 7th heavenly stem
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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2–1 · Chang2 geng1

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noun

(～星) (Chinese astronomy) planet Venus in the west after dusk
(literary, Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 彗星 (huìxīng, “comet”).

name

(～里) an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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