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杜莎夫人

Mandarin · pinyin Dù shā fū ren

Madame Tussaud (1761–1850), French wax sculptor who founded the eponymous wax museum in London

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杜: dù · stop, prevent; restrict; surname
莎: shā · kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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4–1–1–5 · Du4 sha1 fu1 ren5

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dou6 saa1 fu1 jan4

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