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玉人

Mandarin · pinyin yù rén

a jade worker
a jade statuette
a beautiful person
(term of endearment)

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玉: yù · jade, precious stone, gem
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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4–2 · yu4 ren2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

juk6 jan4

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noun

(literary) jade carver
(literary) beautiful person (especially a woman)
(literary, mythology) fairy; celestial maiden

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