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賢良

简贤良 · 繁賢良

Mandarin · pinyin xián liáng

(of a man) able and virtuous

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良: liáng · good, virtuous, respectable
贤: xián · virtuous, worthy, good; able

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2–2 · xian2 liang2

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jin4 loeng4

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adj

(literary, of a person) of integrity; good and virtuous

noun

(literary) able and virtuous person

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