阿 拉 法 特

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Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特[Yà xī ěr · Ā lā fǎ tè]

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阿拉法特 阿拉法特 [A1 la1 fa3 te4] /Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特[Ya4 xi1 er3 · A1 la1 fa3 te4]/

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阿
ā
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[Ā fù hàn] "Afghanistan"
ē
(literary) to flatter / to curry favor with
拉
lā
to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels
lá
to make a cut in (sth) / to slit / to gash / to slash
là
used in 拉拉蛄[là là gǔ]
法
fǎ
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fǎ jiā]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fǎ lā])
Fǎ
France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fǎ guó] / Taiwan pr. [Fà]
特
tè
special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[tè kè sī], tex

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