托馬斯・阿奎納 tuō mǎ sī ・ ā kuí nà

DEFINITIONS

  1. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition

CHARACTERS

托 tuō to hold up with palm; to support, rely on
馬 mǎ horse; surname; KangXi radical 187
斯 sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
阿 ā prefix for people's names; used in transliteration
奎 kuí stride of man; one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions
納 nà admit, take, receive, accept