孤 拔

Gū bádictionary entry

Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War

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Original source entry:

孤拔 孤拔 [Gu1 ba2] /Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War/

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孤
gū
lone / lonely
拔
bá
to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize

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