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雅鄭

简雅郑 · 繁雅鄭

Mandarin · pinyin yǎ zhèng

court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂 yǎ yuè, music of the court, and 鄭聲 Zhèng shēng, music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd)

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雅: yǎ · elegant, graceful, refined
鄭: Look up this written character
郑: zhèng · state in today's Henan; surname

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3–4 · ya3 zheng4

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