孤拔

Mandarin · pinyin Gū bá

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  1. Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War
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孤
gū · orphan, fatherless; solitary
拔
bá · uproot, pull out
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1–2 · Gu1 ba2

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gu1 bat6

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孤拔 · Gu1 ba2
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Exact source record孤拔 孤拔 [Gu1 ba2] /Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War/