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水滸傳

简水浒传 · 繁水滸傳

Mandarin · pinyin Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn

Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵 Shī Nài ān, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature

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水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
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傳: chuán · summon; propagate, transmit
浒: hǔ · riverbank, shore
传: chuán · summon; propagate, transmit

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3–3–4 · Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4

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Water Margin, one of China's Four Great Classical Novels

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