培里克利斯 péi lǐ kè lì sī

DEFINITIONS

  1. Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war
  2. also written 伯里克利[Bo2 li3 ke4 li4]

CHARACTERS

培 péi
HSK 5
bank up with dirt; cultivate
里 lǐ
HSK 1
unit of distance; village; lane
克 kè
HSK 4
gram; overcome; transliteration
利 lì
HSK 4
gains, advantage, profit, merit
斯 sī
HSK 6
this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle