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大久保利通

Dà jiǔ bǎo Lì tōngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Oukubo Toshimichi (1830-1878), Japanese politician
Sources & editorial notes

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.

Source record: cd-c3f86e3c1eeaab41. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大久保利通 大久保利通 [Da4 jiu3 bao3 Li4 tong1] /Oukubo Toshimichi (1830-1878), Japanese politician/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 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]

  • 久
    jiǔ

    (of a period of time) long

  • 保
    bǎo

    to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system

    Bǎo

    Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bǎo jiā lì yà])

  • 利
    lì

    sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit

    Lì

    surname Li

  • 通
    tōng

    to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

    tòng

    classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

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