才 媛

cái yuàndictionary entry

(literary) talented and accomplished woman

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Original source entry:

才媛才媛 [cai2 yuan4] /(literary) talented and accomplished woman/

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才
cái
ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only / (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually / (variant of 才[cái]) just now / (variant of 才[cái]) (before an expression of quantity) only
媛
yuán
used in 嬋媛|婵媛[chán yuán]
yuàn
(bound form) beautiful woman (in practice, often pronounced [yuán]) / Taiwan pr. [yuán]

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