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赤兔

Mandarin · pinyin Chì tù

Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布 Lǚ Bù in the Three Kingdoms era

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赤: chì · red; bare; Kangxi radical 155
兔: tù · rabbit, hare

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4–4 · Chi4 tu4

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Red Hare (Lü Bu's horse during the Three Kingdoms period of China)

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