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牛軛礁

简牛轭礁 · 繁牛軛礁

Mandarin · pinyin Niú è Jiāo

Niu'e Reef, disputed territory in the South China Sea, claimed by China, Vietnam and the Philippines, aka Whitsun Reef or Julian Felipe Reef

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牛: niú · cow, ox, bull; Kangxi radical 93; 9th lunar mansion, determinative star β Capricorni (Dabih)
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礁: jiāo · reef; jetty; submerged rocks
轭: è · yoke, collar

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2–4–1 · Niu2 e4 Jiao1

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Whitsun Reef (a reef at the northeast extreme limit of the Union Banks in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea)

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