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蜀繡

简蜀绣 · 繁蜀繡

Mandarin · pinyin Shǔ xiù

Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡 Sū xiù, 湘繡 Xiāng xiù and 粵繡 Yuè xiù)

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蜀: shǔ · one of the Three Kingdoms, established by Liu Bei
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绣: xiù · embroider; embroidery; ornament

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3–4 · Shu3 xiu4

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Sichuanese embroidery

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