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丁肇中

Mandarin · pinyin Dīng Zhào zhōng

Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics

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丁: dīng · male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
肇: zhào · begin, commence, originate
中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain

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1–4–1 · Ding1 Zhao4 zhong1

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