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布萊葉

简布莱叶 · 繁布萊葉

Mandarin · pinyin Bù lái yè

Braille (name)
Louis Braille (1809-1852), French educator who invented braille

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
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葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
莱: lái · goosefoot, weed; fallow field
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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4–2–4 · Bu4 lai2 ye4

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name

a transliteration of the French surname Braille

noun

(informal) braille

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