扎 马 剌 丁

Zā mǎ lá dīngdictionary entry

Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260

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紮馬剌丁 扎马剌丁 [Za1 ma3 la2 ding1] /Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260/

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扎
zhā
to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar") / (of troops) to be stationed (at) / Taiwan pr. [zhá]
zhá
used in 掙扎|挣扎[zhēng zhá]
zā
to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. [zhá]
马
mǎ
horse / CL:匹[pǐ] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
Mǎ
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Mǎ lái xī yà]
剌
lá
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là
perverse / unreasonable / absurd
丁
dīng
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tiān gān] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
zhēng
used in 丁丁[zhēng zhēng]
Dīng
surname Ding

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