Python Unicode string stored as '\u84b8\u6c7d\u5730' in file, how to convert it back to Unicode?

Question

Some Unicode data is stored in file as '\u84b8\u6c7d\u5730' without any encoding.

Is there a way to covert them back in Python?

Answer 1

>>> print '\u84b8\u6c7d\u5730'.decode('unicode-escape')
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