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薄伽丘

Mandarin · pinyin Bó jiā qiū

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron 十日談 Shí rì Tán

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薄: báo · bó · thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy
伽: jiā · transcription of Sanskrit 'gha' in Buddhist texts ('samgha', etc.); nursing; attending; entertainer (Japanese); temple; in Chinese this character is not used alone
丘: qiū · hill; elder; empty; a name

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a transliteration of the Italian surname Boccaccio, notably borne by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375), an Italian writer who authored The Decameron

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