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蕭乾

简萧乾 · 繁蕭乾

Mandarin · pinyin Xiāo Qián

Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator

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乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
萧: xiāo · common artemisia; dejected

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1–2 · Xiao1 Qian2

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