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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice
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Original source entry:

德雷福斯案件 德雷福斯案件 [De2 lei2 fu2 si1 an4 jian4] /Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice/

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  • 德
    dé

    virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind

    Dé

    Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国[Dé guó]

  • 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

  • 福
    fú

    good fortune / happiness / luck

    Fú

    surname Fu / abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú jiàn Shěng]

  • 斯
    sī

    (phonetic) / this

    Sī

    Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Sī luò fá kè]

  • 案
    àn

    (legal) case / incident / record / file / table

  • 件
    jiàn

    item / component / classifier for events, things, clothes etc

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