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成语 Trad. 成語

chéng yǔ
Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation idiom proverb saying adage set expression CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]

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成渝

Chéng Yú
Chengdu 成都 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆
称誉 Trad. 稱譽

chēng yù
to acclaim to sing the praises of
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程昱

Chéng Yù
Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 during the Three Kingdoms era