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獅子

简狮子 · 繁獅子

Mandarin · pinyin shī zi#

lion
Classifier: 隻 zhī, 頭 tóu

Mandarin · pinyin Shī zǐ#

Leo (star sign)
Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣 Píng dōng Xiàn, Taiwan

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子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
狮: shī · lion

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1–5 · shi1 zi5

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si1 zi2

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noun

lion (Classifier: 隻／只 m c; 頭／头 m)
(Buddhism) Buddha; bodhisattva
(architecture) short for 石獅子／石狮子 (shíshīzi, “foo dog”)

name

(astrology, astronomy) short for 獅子座／狮子座 (Shīzizuò, “Leo”)
(～鄉) Shizi (a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan)

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