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瀟湘

简潇湘 · 繁瀟湘

Mandarin · pinyin Xiāo xiāng

other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江 Xiāng jiāng in Hunan province

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湘: xiāng · alternate name for Hunan
潇: xiāo · sound of beating wind and rain

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1–1 · Xiao1 xiang1

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siu1 soeng1

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name

(literary) (the deep and clear) Xiang River
(literary) A collective name for the Xiang and Xiao Rivers in modern-day Hunan.
(literary, metonymic) Hunan

adj

(Cantonese, of women) slender; slim

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