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  2. Chinese numerology - Wikipedia

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    In this case, some Chinese people regard 4 as the propitious and lucky number. There is also an old Chinese idiom 四季发财 (To be Wealthy All Year). [5] [6] In traditional Chinese history and other Chinese dialect groups like the Teochew people, the number 4 is considered a very lucky and auspicious number. For starters, it is an even number.

  3. Chinese numerals - Wikipedia

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    These may be shared with other languages of the Chinese cultural sphere such as Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese. Most people and institutions in China primarily use the Arabic or mixed Arabic-Chinese systems for convenience, with traditional Chinese numerals used in finance, mainly for writing amounts on cheques, banknotes, some ceremonial ...

  4. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Fear of the number 17 is known as heptadecaphobia and is prominent in Italian culture. [6] The number 39. Fear of the number 39 is known as the curse of 39, especially in Afghan culture. [7] The number 43. In Japanese culture, maternity wards numbered 43 are considered taboo, as the word for the number means "still birth". [8] The number 666.

  5. 666 (number) - Wikipedia

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    666 is a Smith number and Harshad number in base ten. [13] [14] The 27th indexed unique prime in decimal features a "666" in the middle of its sequence of digits. [15] [c] The Roman numeral for 666, DCLXVI, has exactly one occurrence of all symbols whose value is less than 1000 in decreasing order (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1 ...

  6. What We All Have Wrong About the Number 666 - AOL

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    The number 666 asks you to reconsider which habits are positively impacting your life and which are preventing you from inner harmony. What doesn't aid you in your journey needs to go.

  7. Chinese Internet slang - Wikipedia

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    Chinese Internet slang (Chinese: 中国网络用语; pinyin: zhōngguó wǎngluò yòngyǔ) refers to various kinds of Internet slang used by people on the Chinese Internet. It is often coined in response to events, the influence of the mass media and foreign culture, and the desires of users to simplify and update the Chinese language.

  8. Chinese number gestures - Wikipedia

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    a common sign for the number one. Chinese number gestures are a method to signify the natural numbers one through ten using one hand. This method may have been developed to bridge the many varieties of Chinese—for example, the numbers 4 (Chinese: 四; pinyin: sì) and 10 (Chinese: 十; pinyin: shí) are hard to distinguish in some dialects.

  9. Mogwai (Chinese culture) - Wikipedia

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    According to Chinese tradition, mogwai are certain demons which often inflict harm on humans. They are said to reproduce sexually during mating seasons triggered by the coming of rain. Supposedly, they take care to breed at these times because rain signifies rich and full times ahead.