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卡拉季奇

Mandarin · pinyin Kǎ lā jì qí

Karadžić (Serbian surname)
Radovan Karadžić (1945–), former Bosnian Serb leader, convicted war criminal
Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), Serbian linguist

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卡: kǎ · card, punch card; calorie
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
季: jì · quarter of year; season; surname
奇: qí · strange, unusual, uncanny, occult

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3–1–4–2 · Ka3 la1 ji4 qi2

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a transliteration of the Serbo-Croatian surname Karadžić
a transliteration of the Serbo-Croatian surname Karadžić — (especially) Radovan Karadžić, post-Yugoslavian politician and war criminal.

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