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巴巴拉

Mandarin · pinyin Bā bā lā

Barbara (name)

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen

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1–1–1 · Ba1 ba1 la1

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 芭芭拉 (Bābālā), a transliteration of the English female given name Barbara

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