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桃李

Mandarin · pinyin táo lǐ

Meanings

  1. (literary) one's students
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桃
táo · peach; marriage; surname
李
lǐ · plum; judge; surname
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2–3 · tao2 li3

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noun

  1. (literal, Classical) peaches and plums
  2. (Classical) peach flowers and plum flowers
  3. (figurative, collective) all the pupils of a teacher over their lifetime

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