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宗喀巴

Mandarin · pinyin Zōng kā bā

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派 Gé lǔ pài

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宗: zōng · lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan
喀: kā · vomit; used in transliterations
巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope

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1–1–1 · Zong1 ka1 ba1

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