阿拉法特

Ālāfǎtè

proper noun #68,088

Meanings

1 Yasser Arafat (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, chairman of the PLO and first president of the Palestinian Authority, 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Characters

阿

(transliteration prefix)

拉

lā

(transliteration syllable); to pull

法

fǎ

(transliteration syllable); law

特

tè

(transliteration syllable); special

Examples

HSK 4

阿拉法特和拉宾一起获得了诺贝尔和平奖。

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

Arafat and Rabin jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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.

Tips

history

阿拉法特 signed the Oslo Accords with Israeli PM 拉宾 (Yitzhak Rabin) in 1993 - for which both, plus 佩雷斯 (Peres), won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. His trademark keffiyeh folded in the shape of historic Palestine became an instantly recognizable political symbol.

Stroke Order

阿 ā

拉 lā

法 fǎ

特 tè