Kǎ lā mǎ zuǒ fū Xiōng dìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuó sī tuǒ yē fū sī jī]
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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.

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Original source entry:

卡拉馬佐夫兄弟 卡拉马佐夫兄弟 [Ka3 la1 ma3 zuo3 fu1 Xiong1 di4] /Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]/

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Other forms in these source records: 卡拉馬佐夫兄弟

  • 卡
    kǎ

    to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhāng],片[piàn] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[kǎ lù lǐ]) / cassette

    qiǎ

    to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [kǎ]

  • 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]

  • 马
    mǎ

    horse / CL:匹[pǐ] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

    Mǎ

    surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Mǎ lái xī yà]

  • 佐
    zuǒ

    to assist / assistant / aide / to accompany

  • 夫
    fū

    husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

    fú

    (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

  • 兄
    xiōng

    elder brother

  • 弟
    dì

    younger brother / junior male / I (modest word in letter)

    tì

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