利玛窦 (利瑪竇)
Lì Mǎ dòu
Pinyin

Definition

利玛窦 (利瑪竇)
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Lì Mǎ dòu
  1. Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

利
Lì
  1. 1 surname Li
利器
lì qì
  1. 1 sharp weapon
  2. 2 effective implement
  3. 3 outstandingly able individual
利用
lì yòng
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 to make use of
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take advantage of
  5. 5 to utilize
利益
lì yì
  1. 1 benefit
  2. 2 (in sb's) interest
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
胜利
shèng lì
  1. 1 victory
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
仁言利博
rén yán lì bó
  1. 1 Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
  1. 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
利欲熏心
lì yù xūn xīn
  1. 1 blinded by greed (idiom)

Sample Sentences

孙中山，蒋介石，还有利玛窦。哦，不对，利玛窦是外国人。第三个是......太平天国的洪秀全。
Sūn Zhōngshān ，Jiǎng Jièshí ，háiyǒu Lìmǎdòu 。ò ，bù duì ，Lìmǎdòu shì wàiguórén 。dì sān ge shì ......Tàipíngtiānguó de Hóng Xiùquán 。
Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kaishek, and Matteo Ricci. Oh wait, that's wrong, Matteo Ricci was a foreigner. The third is...Hong Xiuquan from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
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