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趙括

简赵括 · 繁趙括

Mandarin · pinyin Zhào Kuò

Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國 Zhào Guó, who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰 Cháng píng zhī Zhàn in 260 BC
also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子 Mǎ Fú zǐ

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括: kuò · include, embrace, enclose
赵: zhào · surname; ancient state

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4–4 · Zhao4 Kuo4

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ziu6 kut3

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