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金庸

Mandarin · pinyin Jīn Yōng

Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠 wǔ xiá novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy

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金: jīn · gold; metals in general; money; Kangxi radical 167
庸: yōng · usual, common, ordinary, mediocre

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1–1 · Jin1 Yong1

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