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望夫石

Mandarin · pinyin Wàng fū Shí

Amah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田 Shā tián, Hong Kong

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望: wàng · to look at, look forward; to hope, expect
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
石: shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112

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4–1–2 · Wang4 fu1 Shi2

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Mong Fu Shek (a rock located on a hilltop in southwest Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, said to be the spot where the faithful wife of a fisherman climbed every day to wait for her husband, not knowing he had been drowned at sea)

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