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春柳

Mandarin · pinyin Chūn liǔ

Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動 Xīn Wén huà Yùn dòng, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會 Xīn jù Tóng zhì huì

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春: chūn · spring; wanton
柳: liǔ · willow tree; pleasure; 24th lunar mansion, determinative star δ Hydrae

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1–3 · Chun1 liu3

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