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湘妃竹
xiāng fēi zhú
What 湘妃竹 means
- same as {斑竹|bān zhú}, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's {舜|Shùn} concubines (Ehuang {娥皇|É huáng} and Nüying {女英|Nǚ yīng}, known as the Concubines of the Xiang {湘妃|Xiāng Fēi}) upon learning of his death
The characters in 湘妃竹
- 湘Xiāngabbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China…
- 妃fēiimperial concubine
- 竹zhú(bound form) bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
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