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奧威爾

简奥威尔 · 繁奧威爾

Mandarin · pinyin Ào wēi ěr

Orwell (name)
George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場 and 1984 一九八四年

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奧: Look up this written character
威: wēi · pomp, power; powerful; dominate
爾: Look up this written character
奥: ào · mysterious, obscure, profound
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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4–1–3 · Ao4 wei1 er3

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