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李叔同

Mandarin · pinyin Lǐ Shū tóng

Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動 Xīn Wén huà Yùn dòng after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命 Xīn hài Gé mìng of 1911

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李: lǐ · plum; judge; surname
叔: shū · father's younger brother
同: tóng · same, similar; together with

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3–1–2 · Li3 Shu1 tong2

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