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李肇星

Mandarin · pinyin Lǐ Zhào xīng

Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister

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李: lǐ · plum; judge; surname
肇: zhào · begin, commence, originate
星: xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)

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3–4–1 · Li3 Zhao4 xing1

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