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魏巍

Mandarin · pinyin Wèi Wēi

Wei Wei (1920–2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 東方 Dōng fāng about the Korean war

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魏: wèi · kingdom of Wei; surname
巍: wēi · high, lofty, majestic, eminent

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4–1 · Wei4 Wei1

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