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大不列顛

简大不列颠 · 繁大不列顛

Mandarin · pinyin Dà Bù liè diān

Great Britain

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
列: liè · a line; to arrange in order, classify
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颠: diān · top, peak, summit; upset

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4–4–4–1 · Da4 Bu4 lie4 dian1

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Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)
(loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)

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