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福爾摩斯

fú ěr mó sī·ㄈㄨˊ ㄦˇ ㄇㄛˊ ㄙ

“Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle; a brilliant detective known for solving cases through logic and deduction; used figuratively for any highly skilled detective or investigator.”

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福

fú·ㄈㄨˊ

Good fortune; happiness; luck; blessing; a surname; abbr. for Fujian province; archaic: sacrificial wine or meat; archaic: a woman's formal bow.

爾

ěr·ㄦˇ

A function word; you; thus; so; like that; this; that; a final particle indicating mild exclamation or question.

摩

mó·ㄇㄛˊ

To rub or chafe; to scour or grind; to stroke or caress; to mutually exchange ideas or skills; to approach or draw near; to destroy or eliminate.

斯

sī·ㄙ

This; here; thus; such; emphatic particle; phonetic character used in transliterations; archaic pronoun for 'this' or 'here'; archaic adverb for 'all'; archaic conjunction for 'then'.

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