潘 岳

Pān Yuèdictionary entry

Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pān Ān], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"

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Original source entry:

潘岳 潘岳 [Pan1 Yue4] /Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"/

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潘
pān
(archaic) water in which rice has been washed / (Tw) kitchen waste / food scraps (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phun])
Pān
surname Pan / Pan (Greek god)
岳
yuè
wife's parents and paternal uncles / high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge
Yuè
surname Yue

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