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韶

Mandarin · pinyin sháo#

(literary) splendid; glorious

Mandarin · pinyin Sháo#

surname Shao

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韶: sháo · music of the emperor Shun; beautiful

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 韶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(obsolete) name of a piece of music at the time of Emperor Shun
(literary) splendid; beautiful
(obsolete) to carry forward; to carry on
(obsolete) Nephelium chryseum (WP)
(～州) (historical) Shao (a former prefecture of Guangdong, China)
a surname

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