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斗六

Mandarin · pinyin Dǒu liù

Douliu or Touliu city in Yunlin county 雲林縣 Yún lín xiàn, Taiwan

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斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
六: liù · number six

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3–4 · Dou3 liu4

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(～市) Douliu, Douliou, Touliu (a county-controlled city, the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan)

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