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西施犬

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xī shī quǎn

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  1. 1. shih tzu (dog breed)

Child Words of 西施犬

犬
quǎn

dog

西
xī

the West

施
shī

(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)

西施
xī shī

Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì dà měi nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[gōu jiàn] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu

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