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馬恩列斯

简马恩列斯 · 繁馬恩列斯

Mandarin · pinyin Mǎ Ēn Liè Sī

abbr. for Marx 馬克思 Mǎ kè sī, Engels 恩格斯 Ēn gé sī, Lenin 列寧 Liè níng and Stalin 斯大林 Sī dà lín

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馬: Look up this written character
恩: ēn · kindness, mercy, charity
列: liè · a line; to arrange in order, classify
斯: sī · this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

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3–1–4–1 · Ma3 En1 Lie4 Si1

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(communism) (Karl) Marx, (Friedrich) Engels, (Vladimir) Lenin and (Joseph) Stalin

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