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耶律大石

Mandarin · pinyin Yē lǜ Dà shí

Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼 in Central Asia

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耶: yé · used in transliteration
律: lǜ · statute, principle, regulation
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
石: shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112

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1–4–4–2 · Ye1 lu:4 Da4 shi2

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