苏轼 sū shì

DEFINITIONS

  1. Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1] northern Song Dynasty writer and calligrapher
  2. one of the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]

CHARACTERS

苏 sū revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet'
轼 shì horizontal wooden bar in front