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爱迪生 ( Ài dí shēng ) 发明 ( fā míng ) 了 ( le ) 直流电 ( zhí liú diàn ) 但是 ( dàn shì ) 尼 ( ní ) 古 ( gǔ ) 拉 ( lā ) 特斯拉 ( tè sī lā ) 发明 ( fā míng ) 了 ( le ) 交流电 ( jiāo liú diàn )
爱 (ài, ㄞˋ ) to love; affection; to be fond of; to like [CE-DICT] 迪 (dí, ㄉㄧˊ ) direct; to enlighten; to follow; phonetic di as in Disney 迪斯尼 or disco 迪斯科 [CE-DICT] 生 (うぶ) (adj-na,n,adj-no) (1) (esp. 初, 初心) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears; (n-pref) (2) (産, 生) birth- [EDICT] (いく) (pref) (arch) vital; virile; lively [EDICT] (き) (n,pref) pure; undiluted; raw; crude [EDICT] (せい;しょう) (n) (1) life; living; (n,n-suf) (2) (せい only) (male) (hum) I; me; myself [EDICT] (なま) (adj-no,adj-na,n,n-pref) (1) raw; uncooked; fresh; (2) natural; unedited; unprocessed; crude; (3) (col) unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom); (4) live (i.e. not recorded); (5) inexperienced; unpolished; green; (6) (abbr) (See 御生,生意気) impudence; sauciness; (7) (abbr) (See 生ビール) unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer; (pref) (8) partially; somewhat; half-; semi-; (P) [EDICT] (ふ) (n,n-suf) (See 芝生) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.) [EDICT] (なまり) (n) (uk) (abbr) (See 生り節) boiled and half-dried bonito [EDICT] (shēng, ㄕㄥ ) to be born; to give birth; life; to grow [CE-DICT] 发 (fā, ㄈㄚ ) to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; (classifier for gunshots, "rounds") [CE-DICT] (fà, ㄈㄚˋ ) hair; Taiwan pr. fa3 [CE-DICT] 明 (みょう) (n) (1) {Buddh} vidya (wisdom); (2) (See 真言) mantra; (pref) (3) the coming (4th of July, etc.) [EDICT] (みん) (n) Ming (dynasty of China, 1368-1644) [EDICT] (めい) (n) (1) brightness; (2) clarity; acumen; (3) power of vision [EDICT] (さや) (adv) (1) (arch) clearly; brightly; (2) cleanly; purely [EDICT] (míng, ㄇㄧㄥˊ ) clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty (1368-1644); surname Ming [CE-DICT] 但 (ただ) (adj-no) (1) (uk) ordinary; common; usual; (2) (esp. 只) free of charge; (3) (usu. as ただでは...) unaffected; as is; safe; (adv) (4) only; merely; just; simply; (5) (esp. 但) but; however; nevertheless; (P) [EDICT] (dàn, ㄉㄢˋ ) but; yet; however; only; merely; still [CE-DICT] 是 (これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT] (ぜ) (n) righteousness; justice; right [EDICT] (shì, ㄕˋ ) is; are; am; yes; to be [CE-DICT] 尼 (に) (n,n-suf) (abbr) (See 比丘尼) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) [EDICT] (あま) (n) (1) (尼 only) (col) nun; (2) (derog) bitch; (P) [EDICT] (ní, ㄋㄧˊ ) Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings) [CE-DICT] 古 (いにしえ) (n) antiquity; ancient times; (P) [EDICT] (ふる) (n) (1) (See 御古) used item; secondhand item; (n-pref) (2) old; used; previous [EDICT] (gǔ, ㄍㄨˇ ) ancient; old; palaeo-; surname Gu [CE-DICT] 拉 (lā, ㄌㄚ ) to pull; to play (string instruments); to drag; to draw [CE-DICT]
