阿 里 斯 托 芬

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Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright

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Original source entry:

阿里斯托芬阿里斯托芬 [A1 li3 si1 tuo1 fen1] /Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright/

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阿
ā
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[Ā fù hàn] "Afghanistan"
ē
(literary) to flatter / to curry favor with
里
lǐ
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[lǐ] / li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels
Lǐ
surname Li
斯
sī
(phonetic) / this
Sī
Slovakia / Slovak / abbr. for 斯洛伐克[Sī luò fá kè]
托
tuō
to hold up in one's hand / to support with one's palm / sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest) / (bound form) a shill / to ask / to beg / to entrust (variant of 託|托[tuō]) / torr (unit of pressure) / to trust / to entrust / to be entrusted with / to act as trustee
芬
fēn
perfume / fragrance

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