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陀思妥耶夫斯基

Mandarin · pinyin Tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰 Zuì yǔ Fá

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陀: tuó · steep bank, rough terrain
思: sī · think, consider, ponder; final particle
妥: tuǒ · satisfactory, appropriate
耶: yé · used in transliteration
夫: fū · man, male adult, husband; those
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
基: jī · foundation, base

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2–1–3–1–1–1–1 · Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1

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(Mainland China) a transliteration of the Russian surname Достое́вский (Dostojévskij), Dostoevsky

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