Kè ěr báidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca
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Original source entry:

克爾白 克尔白 [Ke4 er3 bai2] /Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca/

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Other forms in these source records: 克爾白

  • 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

  • 尔
    ěr

    thus / so / like that / you / thou

  • 白
    bái

    white / in vain / free of charge / (bound form) (of facts, the truth, a situation) clear; evident (e.g. 真相大白[zhēn xiàng dà bái]) / (bound form) plain; without additions (e.g. 白飯|白饭[bái fàn]) / (bound form) to explain; to state (e.g. 辯白|辩白[biàn bái]) / (bound form) to give a disdainful look (e.g. 白了他一眼[bái le tā yī yǎn]) / (bound form) vernacular (e.g. 白話|白话[bái huà]) / (bound form) spoken lines in opera (e.g. 念白[niàn bái]) / (bound form) reactionary; anti-communist (e.g. 白區|白区[bái qū])

    Bái

    surname Bai / Bai ethnic group

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