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粵繡

简粤绣 · 繁粵繡

Mandarin · pinyin Yuè xiù

Guangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡 Sū xiù, 湘繡 Xiāng xiù and 蜀繡 Shǔ xiù)

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粤: yuè · Guangdong and Guangxi provinces; initial particle
绣: xiù · embroider; embroidery; ornament

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4–4 · Yue4 xiu4

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