Ān nà · Kǎ liè ní nàdictionary entry
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Anna Karenina, novel by Leo Tolstoy 列夫·托爾斯泰|列夫·托尔斯泰[Liè fū · Tuō ěr sī tài]
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Original source entry:

安娜·卡列尼娜 安娜·卡列尼娜 [An1 na4 · Ka3 lie4 ni2 na4] /Anna Karenina, novel by Leo Tolstoy 列夫·托爾斯泰|列夫·托尔斯泰[Lie4 fu1 · Tuo1 er3 si1 tai4]/

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Character information

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  • 安
    ān

    (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[ān yú]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[ān péi])

    Ān

    surname An

  • 娜
    nà

    (phonetic na) / used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[Ān nà] or Diana 黛安娜[Dài ān nà]

    nuó

    elegant / graceful

  • 卡
    kǎ

    to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhāng],片[piàn] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[kǎ lù lǐ]) / cassette

    qiǎ

    to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [kǎ]

  • 列
    liè

    to arrange / to line up / file / series / (in data tables) column / (Tw) row

  • 尼
    ní

    Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings)

  • 娜
    nà

    (phonetic na) / used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[Ān nà] or Diana 黛安娜[Dài ān nà]

    nuó

    elegant / graceful

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