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競秀

简竞秀 · 繁競秀

Mandarin · pinyin jìng xiù#

to compete to be the most beautiful or impressive

Mandarin · pinyin Jìng xiù#

see 競秀區 Jìng xiù Qū

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秀: xiù · ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful
竞: jìng · contend, vie, compete

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4–4 · jing4 xiu4

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noun

beauty contest

verb

vying to be the most beautiful; contend for beauty

name

(～區) Jingxiu (a district of Baoding, Hebei, China)

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