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布什

Mandarin · pinyin Bù shí

Bush (name)
George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992
George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
什: shén · file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous

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4–2 · Bu4 shi2

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bou3 sap6

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name

(Mainland-China, Singapore) a transliteration of the English surname Bush
(Mainland-China, Singapore) a transliteration of the Czech or Slovak surname Buš

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