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西門豹

简西门豹 · 繁西門豹

Mandarin · pinyin Xī mén Bào

Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國 Wèi guó

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西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
豹: bào · leopard, panther; surname
门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening

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1–2–4 · Xi1 men2 Bao4

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