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Friedrich Anton Lohrmann (c.1735-after 1776) - Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) - RS.9669 - Royal Society
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哥白尼

Gēbáiní
proper noun #32,948

Meanings

  1. 1 Nicolaus Copernicus (Polish astronomer)

About Nicolaus Copernicus

1473–1543 · 科学家 scientist

Polish astronomer who put the Sun, not the Earth, at the centre of the planets' orbits. His heliocentric theory, 日心说 in Chinese, replaced the Earth-centred 地心说 and began modern astronomy.

Also called  尼古拉·哥白尼

Characters

哥
gē
elder brother
白
bái
white
尼
ní
Buddhist nun
Phonetic transliteration of 'Copernicus'.

Examples

HSK 4
哥白尼提出了日心说。
Gēbáiní tíchū le rìxīnshuō.
Copernicus proposed the heliocentric theory.
HSK 7-9
哥白尼被视为现代天文学的奠基人。
Gēbáiní bèi shìwéi xiàndài tiānwénxué de diànjīrén.
Copernicus is regarded as the founder of modern astronomy.

Tips

culture
He also wrote on money: decades before Gresham he described how debased coins push good ones out of circulation, the idea Chinese quote as 劣币驱逐良币 'bad money drives out good' whenever the worse crowds out the better.

Stroke Order

哥 gē
白 bái
尼 ní