米格爾・德・塞萬提斯・薩維德拉 mǐ gé ěr ・ dé ・ sāi wàn tí sī ・ sà wéi dé lā

DEFINITIONS

  1. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[Tang2 ji2 he1 de2]

CHARACTERS

米 mǐ hulled or husked uncooked rice
格 gé pattern, standard, form; style
爾 ěr you; that, those; final particle
德 dé ethics, morality, virtue
塞 sāi stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress
萬 wàn ten thousand; innumerable
提 tí hold in hand; lift in hand
斯 sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle
薩 sà transliteration of 'sat' in 'bodhisattva,' etc.
維 wéi maintain, preserve, safeguard
德 dé ethics, morality, virtue
拉 lā pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen