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亞撒

简亚撒 · 繁亞撒

Mandarin · pinyin Yà sā

Asa (?-870 BC), third king of Judah and fifth king of the House of David (Judaism)

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撒: sā · release, cast away, let go; disperse; relax
亚: yà · Asia; second

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4–1 · Ya4 sa1

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aa3 saat3

Cantonese word readings for 亞撒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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