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勃列日涅夫

Mandarin · pinyin Bó liè rì niè fū

Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982

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勃: bó · suddenly, sudden, quick
列: liè · a line; to arrange in order, classify
日: rì · sun; day; daytime
涅: niè · blacken; black mud, slime
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those

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2–4–4–4–1 · Bo2 lie4 ri4 nie4 fu1

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(Mainland China) Brezhnev (surname)

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