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蔡元培

Mandarin · pinyin Cài Yuán péi

Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27

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蔡: cài · surname; species of tortoise
元: yuán · first; dollar; origin; head
培: péi · bank up with dirt; cultivate

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4–2–2 · Cai4 Yuan2 pei2

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