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奧斯威辛

简奥斯威辛 · 繁奧斯威辛

Mandarin · pinyin Ào sī wēi xīn

Auschwitz (concentration camp)

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斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
威: wēi · pomp, power; powerful; dominate
辛: xīn · bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem; Kangxi radical 160
奥: ào · mysterious, obscure, profound

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4–1–1–1 · Ao4 si1 wei1 xin1

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Auschwitz (a city in Poland)
Auschwitz (the concentration camp)

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