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白行簡

简白行简 · 繁白行簡

Mandarin · pinyin Bái Xíng jiǎn

Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易 Bái Jū yì, Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳 Lǐ Wá Zhuàn

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
行: xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
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简: jiǎn · simple, terse, succinct, a letter

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2–2–3 · Bai2 Xing2 jian3

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baak6 hang4 gaan2

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