Pí tè lā kèdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Petrarch / Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Italian scholar and lyric poet, famous for sonnets
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Original source entry:

皮特拉克 皮特拉克 [Pi2 te4 la1 ke4] /Petrarch/Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Italian scholar and lyric poet, famous for sonnets/

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  • 皮
    pí

    skin / peel / rind / outer layer / leather / hide / fur / cover / wrapping / outer covering / (of food) no longer crisp / soggy / (coll.) naughty / mischievous / pico- (10⁻¹²)

    Pí

    surname Pi

  • 特
    tè

    special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / very / abbr. for 特克斯[tè kè sī], tex

  • 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]

  • 克
    kè

    to be able to / to subdue / to restrain / to overcome / gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares / to overthrow

    Kè

    abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Kè luó dì yà], Croatia / (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Kè luó āi xī yà], Croatia / Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God

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