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美神

Mandarin · pinyin měi shén

goddess of beauty (typically used in reference to Venus 維納斯 Wéi nà sī or Aphrodite 阿佛洛狄忒 Ā fú luò dí tè)

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
神: shén · spirit, god, supernatural being

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3–2 · mei3 shen2

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mei5 san4

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