Yep, it's 姝 "pretty woman" and I too am ?? at the choice of "nuorukainen", even accompanied by "sorea". And yeah, since the Chinese poems at this point are basically built around the repetition of form and phrase, how repetition is valued essentially makes or breaks the ability to translate faithfully.
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Date: 2025-06-29 19:38 (UTC)