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德維爾潘

dak1 wai4 ji5 pun1

de2 wei2 er3 pan1

Dominique de Villepin (French politician)

became prime minister of France in 2005

Level: 5
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

德維爾潘

This word was added by bybell on 15th Jan 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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德 dak1 de2 - virtue; personal energy; family name
維 wai4 jung1 wei2 yong1 - tie; secure; maintain; preserve; unite
爾 ji5 er3 ni3 - you; thou; that; this; those
潘 pun1 pan4 pan2 fan1 bo1 pan1 - [1] [n] water from rinsing rice; water in whic

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