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狄拉克

Mandarin · pinyin Dí lā kè

P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist

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狄: dí · tribe from northern China; surname
拉: lā · pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration

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2–1–4 · Di2 la1 ke4

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a transliteration of the English surname Dirac, mostly referring to Paul Dirac (1902–1984), a British theoretical physicist

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