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蔡志忠

Mandarin · pinyin Cài Zhì zhōng

Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics

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蔡: cài · surname; species of tortoise
志: zhì · purpose, will, determination; annals
忠: zhōng · loyalty, devotion, fidelity

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4–4–1 · Cai4 Zhi4 zhong1

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