to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."

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This city is called the Japanese Denmark.

这个城市被称为日本的丹麦。

Shanghai is referred to as the Paris of the East.

上海被称为东方的巴黎。

Kaliningrad was once called Koenigsberg.

加里宁格勒旧称为哥尼斯堡。

Everyone's used to calling Shanghai "Módū" and calling Beijing "Dìdū".

大家习惯把上海称为魔都，把北京称为帝都。

We call him "Skunk Man".

我们把他称为“臭鼬人”。

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