屈原祠

Mandarin · pinyin Qū Yuán cí

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  1. Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨羅江 at Yueyang 岳陽市, Hunan
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屈
qū · bend, flex; bent, crooked; crouch
原
yuán · source, origin, beginning
祠
cí · ancestral temple; offer sacrifice
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1–2–2 · Qu1 Yuan2 ci2

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wat1 jyun4 ci4

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Exact source record屈原祠 屈原祠 [Qu1 Yuan2 ci2] /Qu Yuan memorial temple on the Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江 at Yueyang 岳陽市|岳阳市, Hunan/