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加拉巴哥斯

Mandarin · pinyin Jiā lā bā gē sī

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加: jiā · add to, increase, augment
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
哥: gē · elder brother
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle

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1–1–1–1–1 · Jia1 la1 ba1 ge1 si1

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