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烏托邦
ㄨ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄅㄤ
“ideal or perfect society; utopia; from Thomas More's 1516 book describing an ideal island nation; also refers to impractical or visionary schemes”
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烏
ㄨ
Crow; black, dark; surname Wu; abbr. for country names like Ukraine; used in certain expressions.
托
ㄊㄨㄛ
To hold up with the palm; to support; to prop up; to entrust or place reliance on; to beg or ask; to decline by feigning illness.
邦
ㄅㄤ
Country; nation; state; a feudal state or territory in ancient China; often used in compounds to refer to a country.
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- 聯邦ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄅㄤfederal; relating to a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent states; federation; union of partially self-governing states under a central federal government.
- 烏克蘭ㄨ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄢˊUkraine; a country in Eastern Europe on the Dnieper River, bordering the Black Sea and Sea of Azov; capital Kyiv.
- 富邦ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄤFubon; a major Taiwanese financial holding company; Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
- 劉邦ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄤLiu Bang (256 or 247–195 BC); founder and first emperor of the Han dynasty; originally a bandit leader; known as Han Gaozu.
- 托育ㄊㄨㄛ ㄩˋchildcare; daycare; the service of entrusting infants or young children to others for care and upbringing.
- 摩托車ㄇㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄔㄜmotorbike; motorcycle; a two-wheeled motor vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine.
- 烏龜ㄨ ㄍㄨㄟtortoise; a slow-moving reptile with a hard shell; a cuckold; a derogatory term for a man whose wife is unfaithful; a cowardly or incompetent person; a brothel owner or male servant
- 烏來ㄨ ㄌㄞˊWulai, a township in New Taipei City, Taiwan; known for hot springs, waterfalls, and as an Atayal indigenous area.
- 烏鴉ㄨ ㄧㄚcrow; raven; a large black bird with a strong, straight beak, often found in cities and rural areas.
- 烏龍ㄨ ㄌㄨㄥˊblack dragon; a dog (archaic); a blunder; an unexpected mistake or mix-up.
- 烏雲ㄨ ㄩㄣˊdark gray clouds; (figurative) a woman’s thick, dark hair
- 邦交國ㄅㄤ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄛˊdiplomatic ally; country with which Taiwan maintains official diplomatic relations; nation that recognizes the Republic of China as the government of China