本拉登

BěnLādēng

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Meanings

1 (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), founder and leader of al-Qaeda

Characters

root, origin (phonetic 'bin')

to pull (phonetic 'la')

to ascend (phonetic 'den')

Examples

本拉登于2011年在巴基斯坦被击毙。

Běn Lādēng yú èr líng yī yī nián zài Bājīsītǎn bèi jībì.

Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in 2011.

本拉登策划了9·11恐怖袭击。

Běn Lādēng cèhuàle jiǔ yāo yāo kǒngbù xíjī.

Bin Laden masterminded the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Tips

culture

Saudi-born militant who founded al-Qaeda (基地组织, jīdì zǔzhī) and ordered the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Killed by US Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan in 2011. The full name is often written 奥萨马·本·拉登 (Àosàmǎ Běn Lādēng); 本拉登 alone is the common shortened form. 本 here renders Arabic 'bin' (son of).

Stroke Order

本 běn

拉 lā

登 dēng