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培里克利斯

Péilǐkèlìsī

Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war / also written [[伯里克利<Bólǐkèlì>]]

Noun

Character Breakdown

培
péi
to cultivate, to farm; to shore up
HSK 5
里
lǐ
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
HSK 1
克
kè
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
HSK 4
利
lì
gains, advantage, profit, merit
HSK 4
斯
sī
this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
HSK 6

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