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波斯

bō sī·ㄅㄛ ㄙ

Persia, the old name for modern Iran, a country in western Asia; a patron deity of candle makers, said to be a poor woodcutter who discovered tree resin and presented it to Yu the Great, leading to the invention of candles.

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