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布里斯托爾

简布里斯托尔 · 繁布里斯托爾

Mandarin · pinyin Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr

Bristol port city in southwest England

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on
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尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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4–3–1–1–3 · Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3

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(Mainland China) Bristol (a city, county, and unitary authority in southwest England)

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