李德 (Lǐ Dé) — Li De, Chinese name for Otto Braun (1900–1974), German Comintern adviser to the Chinese Communist Party (1932–1939)

Definition

noun
Li De, Chinese name for Otto Braun (1900–1974), German Comintern adviser to the Chinese Communist Party (1932–1939)

Examples

  • 李德。
    Lǐ Dé Shì gòng chǎn guó jì pài dào zhōng guó de jūn shì gù wèn.
    Li De was a military adviser sent to China by the Comintern.
  • ,李德。
    Zài cháng zhēng chū qī, Lǐ Dé de cuò wù zhǐ huī gěi hóng jūn zào chéng le zhòng dà sǔn shī.
    During the early Long March, Li De's erroneous command caused significant losses to the Red Army.
  • 李德。
    Lì shǐ xué jiā duì Lǐ Dé de píng jià cún zài hěn dà fēn qí.
    Historians have widely divergent assessments of Li De.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Sound part声符shēngfú
來
來lái李lǐ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The earliest form of 李 paired 來 (wheat) with 子; the 來 part later changed into 木, giving today's shape.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìroad
Sound part声符shēngfú
惪
惪dé德dé
Same sound today

德 combines 彳, a road, with 惪, a component meaning virtue that also supplies the sound.

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