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曹不興

简曹不兴 · 繁曹不興

Mandarin · pinyin Cáo Bù xīng

Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家

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曹: cáo · ministry officials; surname
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
興: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish
兴: xìng · thrive, prosper, flourish

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2–4–1 · Cao2 Bu4 xing1

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cou4 bat1 hing3

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