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二人轉

简二人转 · 繁二人轉

Mandarin · pinyin èr rén zhuàn

genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China

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二: èr · two; twice
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn

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4–2–4 · er4 ren2 zhuan4

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noun

a genre of folk song and dance from Northeast China

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