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江南四大才子

Mandarin · pinyin Jiāng nán sì dà cái zǐ

Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿

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江: jiāng · large river; the Yangzi; surname
南: nán · south; southern part; southward
四: sì · four
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
才: cái · talent, ability; just, only
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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1–2–4–4–2–3 · Jiang1 nan2 si4 da4 cai2 zi3

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