錢大昕
qián​dà​xīn

Qian Daxin

  • created sense approved 钱大昕/錢大昕 · qián​dà​xīn · Qian Daxin — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    钱大昕 / 錢大昕

    qián​dà​xīn

    Qian Daxin

    Qian Daxin (1728–1804), a prominent Chinese scholar, historian, and poet of the Qing dynasty; known for his contributions to historical criticism and his linguistic discovery that Old Chinese lacked labiodental consonants.

    钱 (literal) → 钱/錢 · qián · Qian 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 昕 (literal) → 昕 · xīn · dawn

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