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彭 is an ideogrammic compound: it combines 壴 (zhù), an early pictograph of a drum on a stand, with the three slanted strokes 彡 (shān). While 彡 normally indicates hair, bristles, or patterns, here it represents the rhythmic reverberations of sound emanating from the struck instrument. The original meaning is the booming sound of a drum being beaten. This acoustic sense survives in classical texts, but today the character is almost exclusively used as a common surname, a phonetic loan detached from its drumming origins.
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彭先生是我的老师。
我认识一位彭先生。
彭老师教我们数学。
我去过彭州旅行。
彭祖是古代寿星。
彭经理正在主持会议。
如果彭先生有空，他会来参加聚会。
尽管彭教授很忙，但他还是抽时间指导了我的论文。
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