山姆大叔

Shānmǔ Dàshū
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Uncle Sam (personification of the United States)

Examples

HSK 5
Méitǐ cháng bǎ Měiguó zhèngfǔ chēngwéi Shānmǔ dàshū.
The media often refers to the US government as Uncle Sam.
HSK 6
Hǎibào shàng huà zhe Shānmǔ dàshū zhǐzhe guānzhòng.
The poster shows Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer.

Tips

history
Uncle Sam dates to the War of 1812: Samuel 'Uncle Sam' Wilson supplied beef to US troops stamped 'U.S.,' which soldiers jokingly read as 'Uncle Sam.' James Montgomery Flagg's 1917 'I Want YOU' poster fixed his iconic look - top hat, white beard, red-white-and-blue suit.
memory
山姆 (Shānmǔ) is the standard transliteration of "Sam"; 大叔 ("uncle") translates the kinship part. The same 山姆 appears in 山姆会员店 - Sam's Club, Walmart's membership chain.

Stroke Order

shān
shū