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丹鳳

简丹凤 · 繁丹鳳

Mandarin · pinyin dān fèng#

red phoenix

Mandarin · pinyin Dān fèng#

see 丹鳳縣 Dān fèng Xiàn

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丹: dān · cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment)
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凤: fèng · male phoenix; symbol of joy

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1–4 · dan1 feng4

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noun

(literary) phoenix with crimson-coloured feathers on the head and wings
(literary) deliverer of edict; edict
(literary, figurative) capital; imperial court
(literary, figurative) outstanding person

name

(～縣) Danfeng (a county of Shangluo, Shaanxi, China)

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