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馬克·吐溫

简马克·吐温 · 繁馬克·吐溫

Mandarin · pinyin Mǎ kè · Tǔ wēn

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·芬歷險記 Hā kè bèi lì · Fēn Lì xiǎn Jì

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馬: Look up this written character
克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
吐: tǔ · vomit, spew out, cough up
溫: Look up this written character
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
温: wēn · lukewarm

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3–4–3–1 · Ma3 ke4 · Tu3 wen1

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