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丁玲

Mandarin · pinyin Dīng Líng

Ding Ling (1904–1986), Chinese novelist, author of the novel "The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River" 太陽照在桑乾河上 Tài yáng Zhào zài Sāng gān Hé shàng, persecuted in the 1950s as "anti-Party"

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丁: dīng · male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
玲: líng · tinkling of jade

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