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德雷爾

简德雷尔 · 繁德雷爾

Mandarin · pinyin Dé léi ěr

Dreyer (name)
June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute

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德: dé · ethics, morality, virtue
雷: léi · thunder
爾: Look up this written character
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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2–2–3 · De2 lei2 er3

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