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耶律大石

Yē lǜ Dà shídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia
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Original source entry:

耶律大石 耶律大石 [Ye1 lu:4 Da4 shi2] /Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia/

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Character information

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  • 耶
    yē

    (phonetic ye)

    yé

    interrogative particle (classical)

    ye

    final particle indicating enthusiasm etc

  • 律
    lǜ

    law

    Lǜ

    surname Lü

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 石
    dàn

    dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dǒu] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shí]

    shí

    rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā yīn]

    Shí

    surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng], the capital of Hebei

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