bù lǔ sīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
blues (music) (loanword)
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Original source entry:

布魯斯 布鲁斯 [bu4 lu3 si1] /blues (music) (loanword)/

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Other forms in these source records: 布魯斯

  • 布
    bù

    to announce / to spread / cloth / to declare / to make known

  • 鲁
    lǔ

    (bound form) crass / stupid / rude / (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)

    Lǔ

    surname Lu / Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國|鲁国[Lǔ guó] / short name for Shandong 山東|山东[Shān dōng]

  • 斯
    sī

    (phonetic) / this

    Sī

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

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