道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟

Traditional form:

道格拉斯·麥克阿瑟

Pinyin (reading):

Dàogélāsī· Màikè'āsè

Definitions:

• General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war

Characters:

• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 格 - form, pattern, standard
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 麦 - wheat, barley, oats
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 瑟 - a large string instrument; to tremble, to vibrate

Traditional characters:

• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 格 - form, pattern, standard
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 斯 - this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
• 麥 - wheat, barley, oats
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 阿 - an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
• 瑟 - a large string instrument; to tremble, to vibrate