美苏 Traditional form: 美蘇 Pinyin (reading): Měi Sū Definitions: American-Soviet (tension, rapprochement etc) Characters: 美 - beautiful, pretty; pleasing 苏 - to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations Traditional characters: 美 - beautiful, pretty; pleasing 蘇 - to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations