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波西米亚
bō xī mǐ yà
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Bohemia, historical country of central Europe;
bohemian (i.e. artistic and unconventional)
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西安
xī ān
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Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] in northwest China;
see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 qu1]
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西施
xī shī
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Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
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路西法
lù xī fǎ
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Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology)
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西村
xī cūn
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Nishimura (Japanese surname)
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印度尼西亚
yìn dù ní xī yà
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Indonesia
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西塞罗
xī sāi luó
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Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), famous Roman politician, orator and philosopher, murdered at the orders of Marc Anthony
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尤利西斯
yóu lì xī sī
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Ulysses (novel)
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各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
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to go separate ways (idiom);
to part ways with sb;
Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1]
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西半球
xī bàn qiú
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Western Hemisphere
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西经
xī jīng
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longitude west
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西医
xī yī
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Western medicine;
a doctor trained in Western medicine
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宾西法尼亚
bīn xī fǎ ní yà
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Pennsylvania;
also written 賓夕法尼亞|宾夕法尼亚
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西格玛
xī gé mǎ
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sigma (Greek letter Σσ);
(symbol for standard deviation in statistics)
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西班牙人
xī bān yá rén
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Spaniard;
Spanish person
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西顿
xī dùn
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Sidon (Lebanon)
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波利尼西亚
bō lì ní xī yà
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Polynesia
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西式
xī shì
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Western style
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西里尔
xī lǐ ěr
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Cyril (name);
Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary;
Cyrillic
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喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
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lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
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东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
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to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom);
to sway;
(of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
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盘尼西林
pán ní xī lín
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penicillin (loanword)
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西西里岛
xī xī lǐ dǎo
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Sicily
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墨西拿
mò xī ná
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Messina, Sicilian city
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夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
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the sun sets in the west (idiom)
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