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國父

简国父 · 繁國父

Mandarin · pinyin guó fù

father or founder of a nation
Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen)

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國: Look up this written character
父: fù · father; Kangxi radical 88
国: guó · nation, country, nation-state

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2–4 · guo2 fu4

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gwok3 fu6

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noun

(politics) founding father of a nation or state
(politics) founding father of a nation or state — (specifically) epithet of Sun Yat-sen
(Taiwan, slang) 100 NTD note (Classifier: 張／张 c)

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