加拉罕

Traditional form:

加拉罕

Pinyin (reading):

Jiālāhǎn

Definitions:

• Leo Karakhan (1889-1937), Soviet ambassador to China 1921-26, executed in Stalin's 1937 purge

Characters:

• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 罕 - rare, scarce; surname

Traditional characters:

• 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 罕 - rare, scarce; surname