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Eastman (name) / George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達|柯达[Kē dá] / Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR
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伊斯曼 伊斯曼 [Yi1 si1 man4] /Eastman (name)/George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達|柯达[Ke1 da2]/Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR/

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  • 伊
    yī

    (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that / (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克[Yī lā kè]) / (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗[Yī lǎng])

    Yī

    surname Yi

  • 斯
    sī

    (phonetic) / this

    Sī

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

  • 曼
    màn

    handsome / large / long

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