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柴科夫斯基

Mandarin · pinyin Chái kē fū sī jī

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin

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柴: chái · firewood, faggots, fuel
科: kē · section, department, science
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
基: jī · foundation, base

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2–1–1–1–1 · Chai2 ke1 fu1 si1 ji1

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synonym of 柴可夫斯基 (Cháikěfūsījī, “Tchaikovsky”)

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