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John Foster Dulles Nov 49-cropped
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DULLES, JOHN FOSTER. MAJOR LCCN2016860311
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Harris & Ewing
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杜勒斯

Dùlèsī
proper noun #30,216

Meanings

  1. 1 Dulles (surname); most famously John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State under Eisenhower; also the name of Washington Dulles International Airport

About John Foster Dulles

1888–1959 · 外交家 diplomat

US Secretary of State under Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959 and a leading Cold War opponent of the PRC. Chinese history books link him to the idea of 和平演变 (peaceful evolution).

Also called  约翰·福斯特·杜勒斯

Examples

HSK 4
我们从杜勒斯国际机场起飞。
Wǒmen cóng Dùlèsī guójì jīchǎng qǐfēi.
We took off from Dulles International Airport.
HSK 7-9
约翰·福斯特·杜勒斯是冷战时期美国国务卿。
Yuēhàn Fúsītè Dùlèsī shì Lěngzhàn shíqī Měiguó guówùqīng.
John Foster Dulles was US Secretary of State during the Cold War.

Tips

history
At the 1954 Geneva Conference he barred his delegation from any contact with the Chinese side and refused to shake hands with 周恩来, China's premier and chief negotiator.
mistakes
In foreign names 勒 is read lè, as in 杜勒斯 and 希特勒 (Hitler). Its other reading, lēi, 'to strap tight', is the one in 勒紧 'to tighten'.

Stroke Order

杜 dù
勒 lè
斯 sī