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丹青

Mandarin · pinyin dān qīng

painting

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丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174

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1–1 · dan1 qing1

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daan1 cing1

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noun

cinnabar and ochre paints
red and blue-green
paint; pigment; dye
painting
(literary) historical records
(literary) obviousness

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