烏蘇里斯克 wū sū lǐ sī kè

DEFINITIONS

  1. Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region
  2. previous names include 雙城子|双城子[Shuang1 cheng2 zi5] and Voroshilov 伏羅希洛夫|伏罗希洛夫

CHARACTERS

烏 wū crow, rook, raven; black, dark
蘇 sū revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'
里 lǐ
HSK 1
unit of distance; village; lane
斯 sī
HSK 6
this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
克 kè
HSK 4
gram; overcome; transliteration