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秦淮八艷 秦淮八艳 [Qin2 huai2 ba1 yan4] /the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河[Qin2 huai2 He2] in the late Ming or early Qing/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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