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赤壁之戰

简赤壁之战 · 繁赤壁之戰

Mandarin · pinyin Chì bì zhī Zhàn

Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區 Huáng zhōu qū of Huanggang city 黃岡 Huáng gāng, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 Cáo Cāo at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu
famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 Sān guó Yǎn yì

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赤: chì · red; bare; Kangxi radical 155
壁: bì · partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
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战: zhàn · war, fighting, battle

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4–4–1–4 · Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4

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