撒罗满

撒羅滿
Sāluómǎn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Solomon (Catholic transliteration)
  2. 2 King Solomon of ancient Israel

Examples

HSK 4
Sāluómǎn shì Dàwèi Wáng de érzi.
Solomon was the son of King David.
HSK 7-9
Sāluómǎn yǐ zhìhuì zhùchēng.
Solomon was renowned for his wisdom.

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This is the Catholic Sino-Christian rendering. Protestant Bibles and most secular writing use 所罗门. If you see 撒罗满 you're almost certainly reading a Catholic source.

In Pop Culture

撒罗满 Sāluómǎn zhì duàn yīng àn
The Judgment of Solomon
The famous biblical story (1 Kings 3) in which Solomon proposes cutting a baby in half to identify its true mother - a touchstone for the wisdom-king motif in Western and Catholic-Chinese tradition.

Stroke Order

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mǎn