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颜回

Yán Huí

2-character word Traditional 顏回

What 颜回 means

1. Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also known as Yan Yuan {颜渊|Yán Yuān}

The characters in 颜回

• 颜yáncolor; face; countenance
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…

Sounds the same

Read Yán Huí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沿洄to go with the stream

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