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索爾仁尼琴

简索尔仁尼琴 · 繁索爾仁尼琴

Mandarin · pinyin Suǒ ěr rén ní qín

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian writer, prominent Soviet dissident, author of the Gulag Archipelago

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索: suǒ · large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated
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仁: rén · humaneness, benevolence, kindness
尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
琴: qín · Chinese lute or guitar
尔: ěr · you; that, those; final particle

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3–3–2–2–2 · Suo3 er3 ren2 ni2 qin2

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a transliteration of the Russian surname Солжени́цын (Solženícyn), Solzhenitsyn

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