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易卜生

Mandarin · pinyin Yì bǔ shēng

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家

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易: yì · change; easy
卜: bo · bǔ · fortune telling; prophesy
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth

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4–3–1 · Yi4 bu3 sheng1

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