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扎马剌丁

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4-character word Traditional 紮馬剌丁

What 扎马剌丁 means

1. Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260

The characters in 扎马剌丁

• 扎zhāto prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer…
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 剌làperverse; unreasonable; absurd
• 丁dīngmale adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干; fourth (used like "4" or "D")