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花鼓戲

简花鼓戏 · 繁花鼓戲

Mandarin · pinyin huā gǔ xì

opera form popular along Changjiang

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花: huā · flower; blossoms
鼓: gǔ · drum; beat, top, strike; Kangxi radical 207
戲: Look up this written character
戏: xì · theatrical play, show

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1–3–4 · hua1 gu3 xi4

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faa1 gu2 hei3

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noun

huaguxi (a form of Chinese opera from Hunan, China)

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