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巴拉巴斯

Mandarin · pinyin Bā lā bā sī

Meanings

  1. Barabbas (in the Biblical passion story)
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巴
bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
拉
lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
斯
sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
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1–1–1–1 · Ba1 la1 ba1 si1

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baa1 laai1 baa1 si1

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