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河殤

简河殇 · 繁河殤

Mandarin · pinyin Hé shāng

River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s

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河: hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
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殇: shāng · die young; national mourning

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2–1 · He2 shang1

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