林肯 (Lín kěn) — Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865, 16th U.S. president)

Definition

noun

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865, 16th U.S. president)

林肯。
Lín kěn Shì měi guó lì shǐ shàng zuì shòu zūn jìng de zǒng tǒng zhī yī.
Lincoln is one of the most respected presidents in American history.
林肯。
Lín kěn Zài nán běi zhàn zhēng qī jiān fā biǎo le zhù míng de gě dǐ sī bǎo yǎn shuō.
Lincoln delivered the famous Gettysburg Address during the Civil War.
林肯1865，。
Lín kěn Yú 1865 nián bèi àn shā, dàn tā de lǐ niàn zhì jīn réng yǒu shēn yuǎn yǐng xiǎng.
Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, but his ideas still have a profound influence today.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters “林”“肯” only spell the foreign name Lincoln and carry no meaning of their own here.

Sound-only characters

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

木木林

林 is made of two 木 (tree) placed side by side, showing many trees together, hence a forest.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

肯 is described as showing 冎 (bone) and 肉 (meat), meaning meat attached to the bone.

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