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好兵帥克

简好兵帅克 · 繁好兵帥克

Mandarin · pinyin Hǎo bīng Shuài kè

The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923)

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好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
兵: bīng · soldier, troops
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克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
帅: shuài · commander, commander-in-chief

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3–1–4–4 · Hao3 bing1 Shuai4 ke4

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