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托勒密

Mandarin · pinyin Tuō lè mì

Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC
Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成
see also 托勒玫 Tuō lè méi

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托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on
勒: lēi · strangle, tighten
密: mì · dense, thick, close; intimate

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