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德雷福斯

Mandarin · pinyin Dé léi fú sī

Dreyfus (name)
Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice

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德: dé · ethics, morality, virtue
雷: léi · thunder
福: fú · happiness, good fortune, blessing
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle

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2–2–2–1 · De2 lei2 fu2 si1

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dak1 leoi4 fuk1 si1

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