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名伶

míng líng

2-character word

What 名伶 means

1. famous actor or actress (Chinese opera)

The characters in 名伶

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)

Sounds the same

Read míng líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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