安人

Mandarin · pinyin ān rén

Meanings

  1. to pacify the people
  2. landlady (old)
  3. wife of 員外 yuán wài, landlord
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安
ān · peaceful, tranquil, quiet
人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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1–2 · an1 ren2

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