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托爾斯泰

简托尔斯泰 · 繁托爾斯泰

Mandarin · pinyin Tuō ěr sī tài

Tolstoy (name)
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平

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托: tuō · to hold up with palm; to support, rely on
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斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
泰: tài · great, exalted, superior; big; hexagram ䷊
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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1–3–1–4 · Tuo1 er3 si1 tai4

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a transliteration of the Russian surname Толсто́й (Tolstój), Tolstoy

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