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埃斯庫羅斯

简埃斯库罗斯 · 繁埃斯庫羅斯

Mandarin · pinyin Āi sī kù luó sī

Aeschylus (c. 524 BC -c. 455 BC), Greek tragedian, author of The Persians, Seven against Thebes etc

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埃: āi · fine dust, dirt
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
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库: kù · armory, treasury, storehouse
罗: luó · net for catching birds; gauze

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1–1–4–2–1 · Ai1 si1 ku4 luo2 si1

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