俾斯麦

俾斯麥
Bǐsīmài
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Prussian statesman who unified Germany and became its first chancellor

Examples

HSK 5
Zài Bǐsīmài de lǐngdǎo xià, Pǔlǔshì xiānhòu dǎbài le Dānmài, Àodìlì hé Fǎguó.
Under Bismarck's leadership, Prussia defeated Denmark, Austria and France in turn.
HSK 7-9
俾斯麦是德意志帝国的第一任宰相。
Bǐsīmài shì Déyìzhì Dìguó de dìyī rèn zǎixiàng.
Bismarck was the first chancellor of the German Empire.

Tips

history
In an 1862 speech he said the great questions of the day would be decided not by speeches and majority votes but by iron and blood. Chinese calls his policy the 铁血政策 and him the 铁血宰相, the 'Iron Chancellor'.
mistakes
俾 is read bǐ, not bēi as its phonetic 卑 might suggest. On its own it is a classical word meaning 'to cause'.

Stroke Order

俾 bǐ
斯 sī
麦 mài