伽 利 略·伽 利 雷

Jiā lì lüè · Jiā lì léidictionary entry

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist

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Original source entry:

伽利略·伽利雷 伽利略·伽利雷 [Jia1 li4 lu:e4 · Jia1 li4 lei2] /Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist/

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伽
gā
used in the transliteration of Greek letters
jiā
traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
qié
used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha"
利
lì
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
Lì
surname Li
略
lüè
brief / sketchy / outline / summary / to omit / (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit / somewhat / slightly / plan / strategy / to capture (territory)
伽
gā
used in the transliteration of Greek letters
jiā
traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
qié
used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha"
利
lì
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
Lì
surname Li
雷
léi
thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[dì léi] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
Léi
surname Lei

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