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  2. Sheng role - Wikipedia

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    The laosheng (Chinese: 老生; pinyin: lǎoshēng; lit. 'old sheng') is a dignified older role, usually distinguished by a long, thin, three-part beard. [1] These characters have a gentle and cultivated disposition and typically wear long robes with water sleeves, high-soled boots, and fabric headdresses.

  3. Sheng (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Sheng is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written with the Chinese character 生. Sheng 生 is a rare Chinese surname that is widely distributed but with a relatively small population. The origin of the surname can be traced back to the leader of an ancient tribal alliance in China, named Zhisheng 知生.

  4. Shen (Chinese religion) - Wikipedia

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    The character 神 for shen exemplifies the most common class in Chinese character classification: xíngshēngzì 形聲字 "pictophonetic compounds, semantic-phonetic compounds", which combine a radical (or classifier) that roughly indicates meaning and a phonetic that roughly indicates pronunciation.

  5. Love Game in Eastern Fantasy - Wikipedia

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    Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (Chinese: 永夜星河; pinyin: Yǒngyè Xīnghé) is a 2024 Chinese television series based on the novel The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus by Bai Yu Zhai Diao Gong. [2] It stars Yu Shuxin, Ding Yuxi, Zhu Xudan, and Yang Shize in leading roles. The series premiered on Tencent Video and WeTV on November 1, 2024.

  6. Yangsheng (Daoism) - Wikipedia

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    Ancient characters for sheng (生) were pictographs showing a plant growing out of the earth (土). The unabridged Chinese-Chinese Hanyu Da Cidian ("Comprehensive Chinese Word Dictionary"), lexicographically comparable to the Oxford English Dictionary, gives five definitions of yǎngshēng (養生): 保养生命; 维持生.

  7. Sheng - Wikipedia

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    Sheng may refer to: Sheng (instrument) (笙), a Chinese wind instrument; Sheng (surname) (盛), a Chinese surname; Sheng (Chinese opera), a major role in Chinese opera; Sheng (volume) (升), ancient Chinese unit of volume, approximately 1 liter; Sheng pu'er, a type of pu-erh tea; Provinces of China (省), administrative divisions called shěng ...

  8. Bai Sheng - Wikipedia

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    Bai Sheng is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. Nicknamed "Daylight Rat", he ranks 106th among the 108 Stars of Destiny and 70th among the 72 Earthly Fiends.

  9. Sheng (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The sheng (Chinese: 笙) is a Chinese mouth-blown polyphonic free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.. It is one of the oldest Chinese instruments, with images depicting its kind dating back to 1100 BCE, [1] and there are original instruments from the Han dynasty that are preserved in museums today. [1]