大利拉

Dàlìlā
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Delilah, the woman in the Book of Judges who betrayed Samson by having his hair cut

Examples

HSK 3
Dàlìlā shì 《 Shèngjīng 》 lǐ Cānsūn àishàng de nǚrén.
Delilah is the woman Samson fell in love with in the Bible.
HSK 7-9
Dàlìlā shōu le Fēilìshìrén de qián, chèn Cānsūn shuìzháo shí ràng rén tìdiào le tā de tóufa.
Delilah took the Philistines' money and, while Samson slept, had someone shave off his hair.

Tips

culture
Without his hair Samson lost his strength and was captured by the 非利士人, the Philistines. Saint-Saëns's opera Samson and Delilah is 《参孙与大利拉》 in Chinese.

Stroke Order

大 dà
利 lì
拉 lā