圣女贞德

聖女貞德
Shèngnǚ Zhēndé
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Joan of Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and Catholic saint

Examples

HSK 7-9
Shèngnǚ Zhēndé dàilǐng Fǎjūn dǎbài le Yīngjūn.
Joan of Arc led the French army to defeat the English.
HSK 7-9
Diànyǐng 《 Shèngnǚ Zhēndé 》 jiǎngshù le tā chuánqí de yìshēng.
The film 'Joan of Arc' tells the story of her legendary life.

Tips

history
圣女 means 'holy maiden' (saint). 贞德 (Zhēndé) is the phonetic transcription of 'd'Arc' - but the characters were chosen carefully: (chastity/loyalty) + (virtue), capturing exactly her saintly image. A French peasant girl who claimed visions, led troops at the siege of Orléans (1429), was burned as a heretic at 19, and canonized in 1920.

Stroke Order

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