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六朝四大家

Mandarin · pinyin Liù Cháo Sì Dà jiā

Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興 Cáo Bù xīng, Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之 Gù Kǎi zhī, Lu Tanwei 陸探微 Lù Tàn wēi and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇 Zhāng Sēng yóu

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六: liù · number six
朝: cháo · dynasty; morning
四: sì · four
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
家: jiā · house, home, residence; family

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4–2–4–4–1 · Liu4 Chao2 Si4 Da4 jia1

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luk6 ciu4 sei3 daai6 gaa1

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