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秦腔

Mandarin · pinyin Qín qiāng

Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music
Shaanxi opera

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秦: qín · feudal state of Qin; the Qin dynasty (from which the name 'China' comes)
腔: qiāng · chest cavity; hollow in body

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2–1 · Qin2 qiang1

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noun

Qinqiang (the representative folk Chinese opera of the northwest province of Shaanxi, China)

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