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佛得角

Mandarin · pinyin Fó dé jiǎo

Cape Verde

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佛: fú · Buddha; of Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; the dead (Japanese)
得: dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
角: jiǎo · horn; angle, corner; point; Kangxi radical 148; 1st lunar mansion, determinative star Spica

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2–2–3 · Fo2 de2 jiao3

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fat6 dak1 gok3

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(Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau) Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)

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