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馬服子

简马服子 · 繁馬服子

Mandarin · pinyin Mǎ Fú zǐ

Ma Fuzi (-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 Zhao Kuo 趙括 Zhào Kuò

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馬: Look up this written character
服: fú · clothes; wear, dress
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

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3–2–3 · Ma3 Fu2 zi3

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maa5 fuk6 zi2

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