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庭訓

简庭训 · 繁庭訓

Mandarin · pinyin tíng xùn

tuition within family
education from father

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庭: tíng · courtyard; spacious hall or yard
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训: xùn · teach, instruct; exegesis

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2–4 · ting2 xun4

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noun

(literary) family education (on ethics, etiquette or deportment); domestic upbringing; home training
(literary) fatherly instruction

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