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Mandarin · pinyin Méi xī yè xīng biǎo

Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

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梅: méi · plums; prunes; surname
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
星: xīng · a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
表: biǎo · show, express, manifest, display
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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2–1–4–1–3 · Mei2 xi1 ye4 xing1 biao3

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