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卡拉什尼科夫

Mandarin · pinyin Kǎ lā shí ní kē fū

Kalashnikov (the AK-47 assault rifle)

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卡: kǎ · card, punch card; calorie
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
什: shén · file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
科: kē · section, department, science
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those

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3–1–2–2–1–1 · Ka3 la1 shi2 ni2 ke1 fu1

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a transliteration of the Russian surname Кала́шников (Kalášnikov), Kalashnikov

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