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劉曉波

简刘晓波 · 繁劉曉波

Mandarin · pinyin Liú Xiǎo bō

Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章 Líng bā Xiàn zhāng, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010

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波: bō · waves, breakers; undulations
刘: liú · surname; kill, destroy
晓: xiǎo · dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit

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2–3–1 · Liu2 Xiao3 bo1

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