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乾縣

简乾县 · 繁乾縣

Mandarin · pinyin Qián Xiàn

Qian County or Qianxian, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市 Xián yáng Shì, Shaanxi

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
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县: xiàn · county, district, subdivision

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2–4 · Qian2 Xian4

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