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玛窦
瑪竇
Mǎdòu
1. Matthew
2. St Matthew the evangelist
3. less common variant of [[馬太|马太<Mǎtài>]] (preferred by the Catholic church)
Noun

Character Breakdown

玛
mǎ
agate, cornelian
7 丶
窦
dòu
sinuses; corrupt; surname
13 丶

Compound Words (2)

利玛窦
LìMǎdòu
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
玛窦福音
MǎdòuFúyīn
Gospel according to St Matthew

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