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王琦瑤 word · named-entity
王琦瑤 ＝ 王 ＋ 琦 ＋ 瑤
ㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄧㄠˊ · wángqíyáo
proper noun — Wang Qiyao, the doomed Shanghai heroine of Wang Anyi's novel "The Song of Everlasting Sorrow"

字源 FORM — what the parts do

王surname Wang (姓王)wángsurname; a family name, not chosen for sense
琦fine jade (瑰琦)qí玉 jade; 奇 qí gives the sound and the rare-beauty sense
瑤precious jade (瑤池)yáo玉 jade; a name picking the gem's lustre
王琦瑤，姓王的王，瑤池的瑤。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

兩塊美玉（玉）拼成的名字——上海弄堂裡，一場繁華終成空。
A name built of two jades (玉) — Shanghai's beauty queen whose long glamour ends in nothing.
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