See Liukuei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "During a visit to an orphanage at Liukuei in Kaohsiung, President Chiang Ching-kuo befriended a little girl born without arms. He promised to provide four-year-old Yang En-tien with a pair of artificial limbs.",
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"text": "The Meinung, Kaoshu, Shalin, and Liukuei Hakka together comprised the army's \"Right Unit,\" and it alone boasted some 3,200 fighting men.",
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"ref": "1994, Roger Grigsby, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast (China by Bike), The Mountaineers, page 107:",
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"ref": "1998, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 274, column 2:",
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"ref": "2003, 光華 [Sinorama], volume 28, Government Information Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47, columns 1, 3:",
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"ref": "2009 August 9, “Typhoon slams Taiwan, China, Japan”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2021-12-21:",
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"ref": "2009 August 11, “Hundreds missing after Xiaolin mudslides”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2009-08-12, Front Page, page 1:",
"text": "The emergency center said that Liukuei Township’s (六龜) Tsaonan (草南) and Chunghsing (中興) villages were also feared destroyed by mudslides or floods.",
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"ref": "2018 March 26, Renée Salmonsen, “Reformed Taiwan gang member becomes wood carving master”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2018-03-26, Culture:",
"text": "Former convict You Jung-ching (尤榮慶) overcame a dark past through the solace of traditional Chinese wood carving.\nOriginally from Liukuei Township in Kaohsiung (高雄六龜), You left home after completing middle school to join a gang in Taipei. You was quickly assimilated into the gang and became a high-level gangster. He also quickly went to prison for possession of a loaded firearm and assault charges.",
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"ref": "2020, “110 學年度外國學生申請入學招生簡章 [2021-2022 Admission Brochure for International Students]”, in Shih Chien University, archived from the original on 2022-09-11, page 42:",
"text": "(2) A good number of buses depart from Kaohsiung railway station. Take one that heads for Chishan, Meinung [Meinong], Chiahsien [Jiaxian] or Liukuei [Liugui]. Transfer at Chishan to Tainan Metro Bus and get off at the Kaohsiung Campus.",
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"text": "(2) A good number of buses depart from Kaohsiung railway station. Take one that heads for Chishan, Meinung [Meinong], Chiahsien [Jiaxian] or Liukuei [Liugui]. Transfer at Chishan to Tainan Metro Bus and get off at the Kaohsiung Campus.",
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"text": "The Liukuei Experimental Forest (LEF) managed by the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI) of the Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan is located in the Liukuei and Maolin District, Kaohsiung City with an area of approximately 9,882 ha, including 73 afforestation areas (Fig. 1a).",
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