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後壁

简后壁 · 繁後壁

Mandarin · pinyin Hòu bì

Houbi, a district in Tainan 台南 Tái nán, Taiwan

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後: hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
壁: bì · partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)
后: hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

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4–4 · Hou4 bi4

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