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Alexander the Great mosaic (cropped)
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Alexander the Great from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
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Guillaume Rouillé
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Wikimedia Commons
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亚历山大

亞歷山大
Yàlìshāndà
proper noun #6,601

Meanings

  1. 1 Alexander the Great (ancient Macedonian ruler and military commander)

About Alexander the Great

356–323 BC · 君主 monarch

King of Macedonia who conquered the Persian Empire and led his army as far as Egypt and northwest India before dying at 32, spreading Greek culture across the lands he took.

Also called  亚历山大大帝

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yàlìshāndà shì gǔdài shìjiè zuì wěidà de jūnshìjiā zhīyī.
Alexander the Great was one of the greatest military commanders of the ancient world.
HSK 7-9
Yàlìshāndà zhēngfú le Bōsī dìguó.
Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire.

Tips

usage
Internet slang turns 亚历山大 into 压力山大, 'pressure as big as a mountain', which sounds almost the same: 最近压力山大 means 'I've been under huge pressure lately'.

Stroke Order

亚 Yà
历 lì
山 shān
大 dà