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巴鐵

简巴铁 · 繁巴鐵

Mandarin · pinyin Bā tiě

Transit Elevated Bus (TEB)
(coll.) Pakistani brethren
Pakistani comrades
abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們 Bā jī sī tǎn tiě gē men

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
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铁: tiě · iron; strong, solid, firm

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noun · Etymology 1

(chiefly Mainland China) Pakistani comrades
(chiefly Mainland China) Pakistan

noun · Etymology 2

Transit Elevated Bus

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