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塞萬提斯

简塞万提斯 · 繁塞萬提斯

Mandarin · pinyin Sài wàn tí sī

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德 Táng jí hē dé

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塞: sāi · stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress
萬: Look up this written character
提: tí · hold in hand; lift in hand
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable

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4–4–2–1 · Sai4 wan4 ti2 si1

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