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Mandarin · pinyin Mò dí

Modi (name)
Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014

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莫: mò · do not, is not, can not; negative
迪: dí · enlighten, advance; progress

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4–2 · Mo4 di2

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a transliteration of the Hindi surname मोदी (Modī), Modi

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