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小赤壁

Mandarin · pinyin Xiǎo chì bì

Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭 Bì tán, Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan

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小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
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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3–4–4 · Xiao3 chi4 bi4

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