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玄武
Xuánwǔ
1.
Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)
2.
(in Daoism) God of the north sky
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玄武区
Xuánwǔqū
Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City [[南京市]] in Jiangsu [[江蘇|江苏]]
玄武岩
xuánwǔyán
basalt (geology)
枕状玄武岩
zhěnzhuàngxuánwǔyán
pillow lava (geology)
玄武质熔岩
xuánwǔzhìróngyán
basalt
玄武门之变
Xuánwǔménzhībiàn
Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin [[李世民]] killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong [[唐太宗]]
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