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啟示錄

简启示录 · 繁啟示錄

Mandarin · pinyin Qǐ shì lù

the Revelation of St John the divine
the Apocalypse

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啟: Look up this written character
示: shì · show, manifest; demonstrate; Kangxi radical 113
錄: Look up this written character
启: qǐ · open; begin, commence; explain
录: lù · copy, write down, record

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name

(Protestantism) Book of Revelation; The Apocalypse

noun

(figurative) enlightening words; enlightening articles

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