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紫石英號 (zi2 sek6 jing1 hou6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

紫石英號 (zi2 sek6 jing1 hou6, Zǐ shí yīng Hào) — HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette fired on by PLA forces on the Yangtze River in 1949, triggering the Amethyst Incident

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 紫河車 (zi2 ho4 ce1) — Placenta
• 紫米 (zi2 mai5) — black glutinous rice
• 紫紅 (zi2 hung4) — Purplish red
• 紫荊花 (zi2 ging1 faa1) — (flower) Cercis chinensis
• 紫荊 (zi2 ging1) — (Flower) Bauhinia Blakeana, which is the city flower of Hong Kong (same as 洋紫荊)
• 紫外線 (zi2 ngoi6 sin3) — (noun) Ultraviolet radiation, or UV

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