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Min was the Egyptian god of roads and travellers. He was depicted with an erect phallus and with a flail raised in his right hand. He protected travellers and was also a fertility god, protecting crops.
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The Purple Plain is a Second World War drama starring Gregory Peck, Than Min Win, Bernard Lee, Maurice Denham and Breenda de Banzie in a story about an allied squadron leader who tries to come to terms with the death of his wife on their wedding night during an air raid. The Purple Plain was directed by Robert Parrish in 1954.
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MIN is an abbreviation for Member of the Institute of Navigation
Min is an abbreviation for Ministry
min is an abbreviation for minute
min is an abbreviation for minimum
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Zheng Shangyou is a Chinese card game whose name can be roughly translated as Struggling Upstream. The game exists in several variations, and has various alternative names. According to Zhang Shutai, the most interesting version is the partnership game for six players, also known as San jia xi (family of three) or Huojian (rocket). This is a skilful and light-hearted card game for four or more players, probably best with five or six.
Zheng Shangyou was brought to the UK by John McLeod, who learned it during a visit to China by some British Go players in 1979 from an interpreter Zhang Chuansheng. In Britain it was given the name Pits, which is easier to pronounce, and refers to the predicament of the losing players, who find themselves in a pit which is hard to escape from. A couple to whom Jonathan Norris taught it reported that they call it 'Unto him...'. It is closely related to several other games - the Japanese Dai Hin Min (or Dai Fugo), Vietnamese Tieng Len, Chinese Big Two and the Western derivative usually called Asshole or President. In fact you could argue that these are really all versions of the same game.
Zheng Shangyou uses a 54-card pack consisting of the standard 52 cards with the addition of two distinguishable jokers, referred to as Red and Black. The object of each hand is to be the first to play out all one's cards and thereby gain two points, or second and gain one, towards a rubber-winning total of (usually) eleven.
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The San Min was a French-built Chinese river gunboat of 201 tons displacement launched in 1920 as the Balny. The San Min was powered by coal-fired boilers providing a top speed of 14 knots and carried a complement of 59. She was armed with two 3 inch guns; two 37 mm guns and four machine-guns.
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The Yang Min (also known as the Yomin) was a Manchurian gunboat of 270 tons displacement launched in 1934 and serving in the Manchukuo navy. The Yang Min was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 12.5 knots and carried a complement of 70. She was armed with two 4.7 inch anti-aircraft guns and three machine-guns.
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Ba Pai (Yao Min, Zaomin, Dzao Min, Yau Min) is a language spoken in parts of southern Hunan Province, China.
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Biao-Jiao Mien (Biao Chao, Byau Min) is a language spoken in parts of China.
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Min Bei is a language spoken in Northern Fujian Province, China and in Singapore.
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Min Dong is a language spoken in part of China from Fu'an in north-eastern Fujian to Fuzhou in east central Fujian and Also spoken in Brunei, Java and Bali, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
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