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Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China

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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
燕 Yān	燕 \| 燕* \| *燕	Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕｜后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436) / surname Yan

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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
戰國七雄 zhànguóqīxióng	戰國七雄 \| 戰國七雄* \| *戰國七雄	Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊｜齐, 楚, 燕, 韓｜韩, 趙｜赵, 魏 and 秦	战国七雄


郢書燕說 Yǐngshū Yānshuō	郢書燕說 \| 郢書燕說* \| *郢書燕說	lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢 of 楚 in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕 as "promote the wise"	郢书燕说

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