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前燕

Qián Yān

2-character word

What 前燕 means

1. Former Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (337-370)

The characters in 前燕

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 燕yànswallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴

Sounds the same

Read Qián Yān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 前咽prepharynx (biology)

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