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普尔热瓦尔斯基

Pǔ ěr rè wǎ ěr sī jīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870 / abbr. to 普氏
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-5421adf515c39b57. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

普爾熱瓦爾斯基 普尔热瓦尔斯基 [Pu3 er3 re4 wa3 er3 si1 ji1] /Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870/abbr. to 普氏/

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Other forms in these source records: 普爾熱瓦爾斯基

  • 普
    pǔ

    general / popular / everywhere / universal

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

  • 热
    rè

    to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent

  • 瓦
    wǎ

    roof tile / abbr. for 瓦特[wǎ tè]

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

  • 斯
    sī

    (phonetic) / this

    Sī

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

  • 基
    jī

    (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

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