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庫爾斯克

简库尔斯克 · 繁庫爾斯克

Mandarin · pinyin Kù ěr sī kè

Kursk (city)

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斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
库: kù · armory, treasury, storehouse
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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4–3–1–4 · Ku4 er3 si1 ke4

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Kursk (a city in Kursk Oblast, Russia)
(～州) Kursk (an oblast of Russia)

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