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"sense": "influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ла́оцзы"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Láo-czy",
"sense": "influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ла́о-цзы"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Lao-Tsé"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Laozi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Laocio"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lâo-jéu",
"sense": "influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism",
"word": "เล่าจื๊อ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "lo'o tse",
"sense": "influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism",
"word": "ལོའོ་ཙེ།"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "lawzi",
"sense": "influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism",
"word": "لاۋزى"
},
{
"alt": "老子",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism",
"word": "Lão Tử"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Cambridge University Press",
"Laozi"
],
"word": "Laozi"
}
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