东突厥斯坦解放组织

Traditional form:

東突厥斯坦解放組織

Pinyin (reading):

Dōng Tūjuésītǎn Jiěfàng Zǔzhī

Definitions:

• East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Xinjiang dissident group

Characters:

• 东 - east, eastern, eastward
• 突 - sudden, abrupt, unexpected
• 厥 - personal pronoun; he, she, it
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 坦 - flat, level, smooth; candid, open
• 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
• 放 - to release, to liberate, to free
• 组 - to form, to assemble; section, department
• 织 - to knit, to weave; to organize, to unite

Traditional characters:

• 東 - east, eastern, eastward
• 突 - sudden, abrupt, unexpected
• 厥 - personal pronoun; he, she, it
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 坦 - flat, level, smooth; candid, open
• 解 - to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
• 放 - to release, to liberate, to free
• 組 - to form, to assemble; section, department
• 織 - to knit, to weave; to organize, to unite