Mài kè ā sè

Traditional: 麥克阿瑟

麦克阿瑟 (Mài kè ā sè) is a Chinese word meaning “General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war”.

Meanings

  1. 1General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war

Characters in 麦克阿瑟

麦mài · wheat; barley; oats克kè · to be able to阿ā · prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity瑟sè · a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings

Related words

杰克Jack (name)克to be able to克abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia克Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God克variant of 克[ke4]克variant of 剋|克[ke4]阿prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity阿(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with巧克力(loanword) chocolate麦克(loanword) microphone麦克(name) Mike; Michael弗兰克Frank (name)

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