查理·威尔逊

查理·威爾遜

Chálǐ Wēi'ěrxùn

proper noun #30,671

Meanings

1 Charlie Wilson (English name, transliterated)
2 Charles 'Charlie' Wilson, the U.S. congressman whose covert support for the Afghan mujahideen inspired the film Charlie Wilson's War

About Charlie Wilson

1933–2010 · 政治家 politician

Texas congressman who in the 1980s pushed through secret US funding for the Afghan mujahideen fighting the Soviet army, a story told in the 2007 film Charlie Wilson's War with Tom Hanks.

Characters

查

chá

to investigate (here: Cha-)

理

lǐ

principle (here: -rlie)

威

wēi

power; might (here: Wi-)

尔

ěr

you (literary); foreign-name infix (here: -l-)

逊

xùn

humble (here: -son)

Examples

HSK 6

我看了《查理·威尔逊的战争》这部电影。

Wǒ kàn le 《 Chálǐ · Wēi'ěrxùn de Zhànzhēng 》 zhè bù diànyǐng.

I watched the film Charlie Wilson's War.

HSK 7-9

查理·威尔逊是一名美国国会议员。

Chálǐ Wēi'ěrxùn shì yì míng Měiguó guóhuì yìyuán.

Charlie Wilson was an American congressman.

Tips

usage

The film's mainland title 《查理·威尔逊的战争》 is just his name plus 'war'; Taiwan released it as 《盖世奇才》, 'unrivalled genius'. 威尔逊 is the usual mainland spelling of Wilson, as for President Woodrow Wilson.

Stroke Order

查 chá

理 lǐ

威 wēi

尔 ěr

逊 xùn