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鴛鴦蝴蝶派

简鸳鸯蝴蝶派 · 繁鴛鴦蝴蝶派

Mandarin · pinyin yuān yang hú dié pài

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists

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蝴: hú · butterfly
蝶: dié · butterfly
派: pài · school of thought, sect, branch
鸳: yuān · male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
鸯: yāng · female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

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1–5–2–2–4 · yuan1 yang5 hu2 die2 pai4

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jyun1 joeng1 wu4 dip6 paai3

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