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三蘇

简三苏 · 繁三蘇

Mandarin · pinyin Sān Sū

the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵 Sū Xún and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾 Sū Shì and Su Zhe 蘇轍 Sū Zhé)

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三: sān · three
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苏: sū · revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'

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