托里拆利

Traditional form:

托里拆利

Pinyin (reading):

Tuōlǐchāilì

Definitions:

• Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo

Characters:

• 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit

Traditional characters:

• 托 - to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit