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 # cedict
-Always up-to-date copy of the CC-CEDICT, a Chinese to English dictionary
+
+An always up-to-date copy of the
+[CC-CEDICT](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=cc-cedict), a Chinese
+to English word dictionary with pronunciation in pinyin for the Chinese
+characters.
+
+<a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary"><img src="https://www.mdbg.net/logos/mdbg_dictionary_128x32.png" alt="MDBG Chinese-English dictionary" title="MDBG Chinese-English dictionary" style="border: solid 1px #c0c0c0" border="0" /></a>
+
+The original dictionary is available as a plain text file.
+
+# License
+
+The original [CC-CEDICT](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=cc-cedict) by [MDBG](https://www.mdbg.net/) is licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
+
+The remaining content of this repository is licensed under the [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE).