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馬克沁

简马克沁 · 繁馬克沁

Mandarin · pinyin Mǎ kè qìn

Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun

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克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration
沁: qìn · soak into, seep in, percolate
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

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noun

(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of 馬克沁機槍 /马克沁机枪 (Mǎkèqìn Jīqiāng, “Maxim gun”)

name

a transliteration of the English surname Maxim

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