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厄洛斯

Mandarin · pinyin È luò sī

Eros (Cupid)

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厄: è · adversity, difficulty, distress
洛: luò · river in Shanxi province; city
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle

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4–4–1 · E4 luo4 si1

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