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巴别塔

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3-character word Traditional 巴別塔

What 巴别塔 means

1. Tower of Babel, in Genesis 11:5-foll.

The characters in 巴别塔

• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 塔tǎpagoda (abbr. for 塔婆; (loanword) (pastry) tart

Example sentences

• 他们说人类要重建巴别塔，我对此不予评价。
  They said humanity needs to rebuild the Tower of Babel, I have no comment on this.