德古拉

Traditional form:

德古拉

Pinyin (reading):

Dégǔlā

Definitions:

• Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker
• Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula

Characters:

• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 古 - old, classic, ancient
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

Traditional characters:

• 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
• 古 - old, classic, ancient
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)