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啟矇

简启蒙 · 繁啟矇

Mandarin · pinyin qǐ méng

variant of 啟蒙 qǐ méng
to instruct the young

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启: qǐ · open; begin, commence; explain
蒙: méng · cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃

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3–2 · qi3 meng2

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