约翰·厄普代克

Traditional form:

約翰·厄普代克

Pinyin (reading):

Yuēhàn· Epǔdàikè

Definitions:

• John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner

Characters:

• 约 - treaty, covenant, agreement
• 翰 - pen, pencil, writing brush
• 厄 - adversity, difficulty, distress
• 普 - widespread, universal, general
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 約 - treaty, covenant, agreement
• 翰 - pen, pencil, writing brush
• 厄 - adversity, difficulty, distress
• 普 - widespread, universal, general
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations