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巴斯德

Mandarin · pinyin Bā sī dé

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
德: dé · ethics, morality, virtue

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1–1–2 · Ba1 si1 de2

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