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二人臺

简二人台 · 繁二人臺

Mandarin · pinyin èr rén tái

genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia

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二: èr · two; twice
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
臺: Look up this written character
台: tái · platform; unit; term of address

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4–2–2 · er4 ren2 tai2

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ji6 jan4 toi4

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noun

(music) er ren tai or errentai, a genre of traditional singing performed by two singers, from Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and northern Hebei, China

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