卡内基

卡內基
Kǎnèijī
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Meanings

  1. 1 Carnegie (surname)
  2. 2 Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Scottish-American steel industrialist and philanthropist
  3. 3 Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), American author of 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'

Examples

Kǎnèijī de《Rénxìng de Ruòdiǎn》shì quánqiú chàngxiāoshū.
Carnegie's 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' is a worldwide bestseller.
Tā bǎ dàbùfen cáifù dōu juān chūqùle, jiù xiàng Kǎnèijī yíyàng.
He donated most of his wealth, just like Carnegie.

Tips

usage
In Chinese self-help culture, 卡内基 almost always refers to Dale Carnegie, whose communication books have been bestsellers in Chinese translation since the 1980s. The steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie appears more in business-history contexts.
culture
卡内基大学 = Carnegie Mellon University; 卡内基音乐厅 = Carnegie Hall. Both are named after the industrialist.

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