埃尔金 āi ěr jīn

Elgin, esp. British Earl of Elgin

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 45422nd word

Definitions

  1. 1. James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan yuán míng yuán in 1860
  2. 2. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810

Characters

Character Meaning
dust; dirt; abbr. for Egypt āi jí
variant of ěr; so; thus
gold; money; golden