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回回青

Mandarin · pinyin Huí huí qīng

Mohammedan blue (a cobalt blue pigment imported from Persia, used as an underglaze on Chinese porcelain during the Ming dynasty)

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回: huí · return, turn around; a time
青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174

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2–2–1 · Hui2 hui2 qing1

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wui4 wui4 cing1

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