巴拉巴斯

Traditional form:

巴拉巴斯

Pinyin (reading):

Bālābāsī

Definitions:

• Barabbas (in the Biblical passion story)

Characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 巴 - to desire, to wish for
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations