薛西斯

Xuēxīsī
noun #19,374

Meanings

  1. 1 Xerxes (name)

Examples

Xuēxīsī dàdì shuàijūn gōngdǎ Xīlà.
King Xerxes led his army to attack Greece.
Xuēxīsī shì Bōsī dìguó de guówáng.
Xerxes was the king of the Persian Empire.

Tips

history
Xerxes I (薛西斯一世) was the king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire from 486 to 465 BC, famous for his invasion of Greece and the Battle of Thermopylae.

In Pop Culture

三百 Sānbǎi Zhuàngshì
300 (2006 film)
film — Xerxes is the main antagonist in this action movie about the Battle of Thermopylae

Stroke Order

Xuē
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