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坎特伯雷故事集

Mandarin · pinyin Kǎn tè bó léi Gù shì Jí

The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟 Qiáo sǒu

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坎: kǎn · pit, hole; snare, trap; crisis; trigram ☵; hexagram ䷜
特: tè · special, unique, distinguished
伯: bó · older brother; father's elder brother; senior male 'sire'; feudal rank 'count'
雷: léi · thunder
故: gù · ancient, old; reason, because
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
集: jí · assemble, collect together

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3–4–2–2–4–4–2 · Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2

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