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Mandarin · pinyin Yè Tǐng

Ye Ting (1896-1946), communist military leader

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葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
挺: tǐng · to stand upright, straighten; rigid
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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4–3 · Ye4 Ting3

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