Yuen

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A crowned gibbon or pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

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"Chinese American actress Anna Mae Wong wanted to play the female lead in “The Good Earth,” but she did not get the role. “The reason why Anna Mae Wong wasn’t cast was because of this production law that was part of Hollywood. The industry itself put up a production law, and part of the clause was this anti-miscegenation clause that said that you could not have interracial romances on-screen,” said Yuen."

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 袁 (jyun4) or 阮 (jyun2).

Related phrases

crowned gibbonhylobates pileatuspileated gibbon

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