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張華

简张华 · 繁張華

Mandarin · pinyin Zhāng Huá

Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician
Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank
other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention

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張: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet; 26th lunar mansion, determinative star υ¹ Hydrae
華: Look up this written character
张: zhāng · stretch, extend, expand; sheet
华: huá · flowery; illustrious; Chinese

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