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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 詞
韋小寶 word · TOCFL 6 (est.)
韋小寶 ＝ 韋 ＋ 小 ＋ 寶
ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄠˇ · Wéi Xiǎobǎo
proper noun — Wei Xiaobao, the streetwise rogue hero of Jin Yong's novel The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

韋a surname (姓韋)wéitanned leather; here a common surname
小small; little (小)xiǎo
寶treasure (寶貝)bǎo
韋小寶，姓韋的韋，大小的小，寶貝的寶。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

揚州妓院長大的小（小）寶（寶），靠一張嘴和小聰明混進皇宮，當上康熙的紅人。
Raised in a Yangzhou brothel, "Little Treasure" (小寶) talks and schemes his way into the palace and becomes Emperor Kangxi's favorite — Jin Yong's anti-hero, who wins by cunning rather than kung fu.
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