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虞世南

Mandarin · pinyin Yú Shì nán

Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家 Táng chū Sì Dà jiā

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虞: yú · concerned about, anxious, worried
世: shì · generation; world; era
南: nán · south; southern part; southward

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2–4–2 · Yu2 Shi4 nan2

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