阿拉法特

Ālāfǎtè

proper noun #68,088

Meanings

1 Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, chairman of the PLO and first president of the Palestinian Authority, 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

About Yasser Arafat

1929–2004 · 政治家 politician

Led the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 and became the first president of the Palestinian Authority. He signed the 1993 Oslo Accords with Israel and shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.

Also called 亚西尔·阿拉法特

Characters

阿

(transliteration prefix)

拉

lā

(transliteration syllable); to pull

法

fǎ

(transliteration syllable); law

特

tè

(transliteration syllable); special

Examples

HSK 5

阿拉法特是巴勒斯坦的民族象征。

Ālāfǎtè shì Bālèsītǎn de mínzú xiàngzhēng.

Arafat is the national symbol of Palestine.

HSK 6

阿拉法特和拉宾一起获得了诺贝尔和平奖。

Ālāfǎtè hé Lābīn yìqǐ huòdé le Nuòbèi'ěr hépíng jiǎng.

Arafat and Rabin jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tips

history

He shared the 1994 prize with 拉宾 (Yitzhak Rabin) and 佩雷斯 (Shimon Peres). His black-and-white keffiyeh, draped over his right shoulder in a rough triangle meant to trace the map of Palestine, became his emblem.

Stroke Order

阿 ā

拉 lā

法 fǎ

特 tè