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- 天文学(天文學)
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- 女
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- 1. woman; female
- 2. daughter; girl
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the tenth of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of four stars in the shape of a sieve in Aquarius)
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- 张(張)
- [zhāng]
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- 1. open; spread; stretch
- 2. set out; display
- 3. magnify; exaggerate
- 4. look
- 5. (of a shop) start business; set up
- 6. (used for paper, paintings, leather, etc.; beds, tables, etc.; mouths and faces; bows)
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the twenty-sixth of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of five stars in the shape of a drawn bow in Hydra)
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- 危
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- 1. danger; peril
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the twelfth of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy
- 3. endanger; imperil
- 4. dying
- 5. high; precipitous
- 6. proper
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- 尾
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- 1. tail
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the sixth of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of nine stars in the shape of a hook in Scorpio)
- 3. tail-like part
- 4. end
- 5. remaining part; remnant
- 6. (used for fish)
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- 胃
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- 1. stomach
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the seventeenth of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of three stars in Musca Borealis)
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- 翼
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- 1. the wings of a bird, an insect, etc.
- 2. the wings of an aeroplane; fin
- 3. flank (of an army, etc.); wing (of a building)
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the twenty-seventh of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of twenty-two stars in Crater and Hydra)
- 5. assist (a ruler)
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- 奎
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the fifteenth of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of sixteen stars, said to be like a person striding, in Pisces)
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- 轸(軫)
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- 1. the cross board at the rear of an ancient carriage
- 2. carriage
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the last of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of four stars in Corvus)
- 4. sorrowful; distressed
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- 昴
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the eighteenth of the twenty-eight constellations (二十八宿) into which the celestial sphere was divided in ancient Chinese astronomy (consisting of seven stars in Pleiades)
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- 天文
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- 射电天文学(射電天文學)
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- 阴阳(陰陽)
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- 1. (in Chinese thought) yin and yang, the two opposing principles in nature, the former feminine and negative, the latter masculine and positive
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ancient Chinese astronomy (esp. the study of the movements of the celestial bodies)
- 3. occult arts (e.g. astrology, geomancy, etc.)
- 4. Yin-yang geomancer.
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- 方位天文学(方位天文學)
- [fāngwèitiānwénxué]
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- 航海天文学(航海天文學)
- [hánghǎitiānwénxué]
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- 恒星天文学(恒星天文學)
- [héngxīngtiānwénxué]
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- 基础科学(基礎科學)
- [jīchǔkēxué]
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Basic science; a science about study of the movement rules of natural materials, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geography and astronomy; the theoretical basis of technological science and practical science.
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- 空间天文学(空間天文學)
- [kōngjiāntiānwénxué]
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- 球面天文学(球面天文學)
- [qiúmiàntiānwénxué]
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