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六親

简六亲 · 繁六親

Mandarin · pinyin liù qīn

six close relatives, namely: father 父 fù, mother 母 mǔ, older brothers 兄 xiōng, younger brothers 弟 dì, wife 妻 qī, male children 子 zǐ
one's kin

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六: liù · number six
親: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate
亲: qīn · relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree

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4–1 · liu4 qin1

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six relations (father, mother, elder brothers, younger brothers, wife and children); one's kin

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