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坎特伯雷故事集
Mandarin · pinyin Kǎn tè bó léi Gù shì Jí
Meanings
- The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟 Qiáo sǒu
Characters in this entry
- 坎
- kǎn · pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis; trigram ☵; hexagram ䷜
- 特
- tè · special, unique, distinguished
- 伯
- bó · older brother; father's elder brother; senior male 'sire'; feudal rank 'count'
- 雷
- léi · thunder
- 故
- gù · ancient, old; reason, because
- 事
- shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 集
- jí · assemble, collect together
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Mandarin tones
3–4–2–2–4–4–2 · Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2
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ham2 dak6 baak3 leoi4 gu3 si6 zaap6
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