佛波勒

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Chinese

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phonetic
simp. and trad.
(佛波勒)

Etymology

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From the pinyin readings of the letters F, B and L, which is a pseudo initialism of English Federal Bureau of Investigation. The use of L instead of I is due to the resemblance of lowercase l (el) to uppercase I (i) under sans-serif fonts.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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佛波勒

  1. (Mainland China, neologism, humorous) the FBI; the Federal Bureau of Investigation