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名號

简名号 · 繁名號

Mandarin · pinyin míng hào

name; title
good reputation

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名: míng · name, rank, title, position
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号: hào · mark, sign; symbol; number

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2–4 · ming2 hao4

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noun

(literary) name; title (of a person or thing)
(literary) reputation; good name

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