聖索非亞大教堂 shèng suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng

DEFINITIONS

  1. Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)

CHARACTERS

聖 shèng holy, sacred; sage
索 suǒ large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated
非 fēi not, negative, non-; oppose
亞 yà Asia; second; used as a prefix to names
大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
教 jiào teach, class
堂 táng hall; government office