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包青天

Mandarin · pinyin Bāo Qīng tiān

Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯 Bāo Zhěng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty

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包: bāo · wrap, pack, bundle; package
青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial

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1–1–1 · Bao1 Qing1 tian1

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baau1 cing1 tin1

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name

Honorific name or nickname of Bao Zheng.

noun

(figurative) honest, upright official who is strictly impartial and incorruptible

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