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The character "伯" is structured with the person radical "亻" on the left and the component "白" on the right, which historically served as a phonetic indicator while possibly conveying notions of clarity or prominence. Its original meaning referred to the eldest brother or the senior male within a family hierarchy, reflecting a concept of primacy that later expanded into the political domain as a title for feudal lords, specifically as the first rank among the five aristocratic peerages in Zhou dynasty China. Over time, the term's application shifted from strictly denoting nobility to also addressing elder male relatives, such as a father's elder brother, and it continues to be used in modern kinship terms and historical contexts related to aristocracy.
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我的伯父很好。
伯母今天来了。
伯爵住在城堡里。
他是著名的伯乐。
大伯教我写书法。
伯父和伯母都退休了。
昨天伯乐发现了他的才能。
伯爵的古老城堡吸引了无数游客。