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太陽照在桑乾河上

简太阳照在桑干河上 · 繁太陽照在桑乾河上

Mandarin · pinyin Tài yáng Zhào zài Sāng gān Hé shàng

"The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River", socialist realist novel by Ding Ling 丁玲 Dīng Líng, for which she was awarded the 1951 Stalin Prize for Literature

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太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
陽: yáng · the active, male principle in Chinese philosophy (yang); light; sun
照: zhào · shine, illumine, reflect
在: zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
桑: sāng · mulberry tree; surname
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
阳: yáng · 'male' principle; light; sun
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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4–2–4–4–1–1–2–4 · Tai4 yang2 Zhao4 zai4 Sang1 gan1 He2 shang4

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taai3 joeng4 ziu3 zoi6 song1 gon1 ho4 soeng6

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