索福克勒斯 suǒ fú kè lè sī

DEFINITIONS

  1. Sophocles (496-406 BC), Greek tragedian, author of Oedipus the King

CHARACTERS

索 suǒ large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated
福 fú happiness, good fortune, blessing
克 kè gram; overcome; transliteration
勒 lè strangle, tighten
斯 sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle