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虞翻

Mandarin · pinyin Yú Fān

Yu Fan (164–233), Eastern Wu scholar, official, and commentator on the I Ching

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虞: yú · concerned about, anxious, worried
翻: fān · flip over, upset, capsize

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2–1 · Yu2 Fan1

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