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歌手 · 邓丽君
The voice that taught a generation what Mandarin sounds like when it is sung.
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邓丽君Dèng Lì jūnTeresa Teng, 1953–1995
名字 · HER NAME, CHARACTER BY CHARACTER
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邓 | dèng | a surname |
| 丽 | lì | beautiful |
| 君 | jūn | gentleman; you (literary) |
Her records were banned on the mainland into the 1980s and everybody had them anyway. The line people still repeat: 白天听老邓，晚上听小邓. By day you listen to Old Deng (Deng Xiaoping), by night to Little Deng.
Start here if you want to learn Mandarin by ear.
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