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浮屠

Mandarin · pinyin fú tú

Buddha
Buddhist stupa (transliteration of Pali thupo)

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浮: fú · to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous
屠: tú · butcher, slaughter, massacre

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2–2 · fu2 tu2

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name

Buddha
(～鎮) Futu (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)

noun

Buddhist monk
Buddhist stupa

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