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風騷

简 风骚 · 繁 風騷
Mandarin · pinyin fēng sāo

Meanings

  1. literary excellence
  2. flirtatious behavior
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風
fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
騷
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风
fēng · wind; air; manners, atmosphere
骚
sāo · harass, bother, annoy, disturb
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1–1 · feng1 sao1

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fung1 sou1

Cantonese word readings for 風騷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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fung1 sou1

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. (literally) Guo Feng ("Airs of the States", a section of the Classic of Poetry) and the Li Sao (a famous Chinese poem)
  2. (figurative, in general) literature; literary works
  3. (figurative) literary grace; literary talent

adj

  1. (figurative) coquettish; shapely; attractive; flirtatious (usually of a woman)

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