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泰西大儒

Mandarin · pinyin Tài xī dà rú

Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci)

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泰: tài · great, exalted, superior; big; hexagram ䷊
西: xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
儒: rú · Confucian scholar

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4–1–4–2 · Tai4 xi1 da4 ru2

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