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Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century

Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China)
二十世纪的大巫师
Èr-shí shìjì de dà-wūshī
二十 èr-shí = 'twenty'.
世纪 shìjì = 'century'.
de = connecting particle
= 'major'.
巫师 wūshī = 'wizard'.
Great Wizards of the 20th Century
Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan)
二十世紀的偉大巫師
Èr-shí shìjì de wěidà wūshī
二十 èr-shí = 'twenty'.
世紀 shìjì = 'century'.
de = connecting particle
偉大 wěidà = 'great'.
巫師 wūshī = 'wizard'.
Great Wizards of the 20th Century
Japanese
二十世紀の偉大な魔法使い
Nijisseiki no idai na mahō-zukai
二十世紀 nijisseiki = '20 century'.
no = connecting particle
偉大な idai na = 'great'.
魔法使い mahō-zukai = 'magician'.
Great Magicians of the 20th Century
Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology)
Những phù thủy vĩ đại của thế kỷ hai mươi những = plural marker
sự kiện (事件) = 'fact, matter'.
phù thủy = 'sorceror'.
vĩ đại (偉大) = 'great'.
của = 'belonging to, of'.
thế kỷ (世紀) = 'century'.
hai mươi = 'twenty'.
Great Magicians of the 20th Century
Mongolian (previous)
XX зуний ид шидийн аугаа шидтэнгүүд
Khor' dugaar zuunii id shidiin augaa shidtengüüd
XX khor' dugaar = 'twentieth'.
зуун zuun = 'century' (Genitive form).
ид шид id shid = 'magic' (Genitive form).
аугаа augaa = 'huge'.
шидтэн shidten = 'magician'.
-гүүд -güüd = plural
Huge Magicians of the Twentieth Century
Mongolian (new)
Хорьдугаар зууны агуу шидтэнүүд
Khor' dugaar zuunii id shidiin aguu shidtenüüd
хорьдугаар khor' dugaar = 'twentieth'.
зуун zuun = 'century' (Genitive form).
ид шид id shid = 'magic' (Genitive form).
агуу aguu = 'great, huge, gigantic'.
шидтэн shidten = 'magician'.
-үүд -üüd = plural
Huge Magicians of the Twentieth Century

Great

'Great' refers to the possession of 'ability, quality, or eminence considerably above average'.

Wizard

Manipulation of magic in some form or another is found the world over. Shamanism (communication with the spirits) is found in many different cultures. However, the connotations of words for 'wizard' diverge according to the culture. Under Christianity, wizards and (more particularly) witches came to have extremely bad connotations. In some other cultures the role of the magic-makers was regarded in a more positive light, as seen in words like 'medicine man'.

Century

'Century' refers to a period of one hundred years.

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