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狄更斯

Mandarin · pinyin Dí gēng sī

Meanings

  1. Dickens (name)
  2. Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
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狄
dí · tribe from northern China; surname
更
gèng · more, still further, much more; to change, alter
斯
sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
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2–1–1 · Di2 geng1 si1

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dik6 gang1 si1

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name

  1. Dickens (especially Charles Dickens)

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