Greta Garbo, photo 1 of 3
Greta Garbo, photo 2 of 3
Greta Garbo, photo 3 of 3

Photo credit

Photo
Garbo in Inspiration
By
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (work for hire)
Licence
Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
Portrait photograph of Greta Garbo LOC agc.7a10218
By
Genthe, Arnold
Licence
Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
RH Louise Garbo2
By
Ruth Harriet Louise
Licence
Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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嘉宝

嘉寶
Jiābǎo
proper noun #34,479

Meanings

  1. 1 Garbo (Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress)
  2. 2 Gerber (baby food brand)
  3. 3 common Chinese given/brand name meaning 'fine treasure'

About Greta Garbo

1905–1990 · 演员 actor

Swedish-born Hollywood star of the 1920s and 1930s, known for Anna Karenina, Queen Christina and the line "I want to be alone". She left films in 1941, at 36, and lived out of public view.

Also called  葛丽泰·嘉宝

Examples

HSK 6
Háizi xiǎoshíhou chī de shì Jiābǎo mǐfěn.
When the child was little, we fed them Gerber rice cereal.
HSK 7-9
Gélìtài Jiābǎo shì Hǎoláiwù mòpiàn shídài de chuánqí yǐngxīng.
Greta Garbo is a legendary star of Hollywood's silent-film era.

Tips

usage
Her line 'I want to be alone' is often rendered 请让我一个人待着, 'please let me be on my own'. Note the reading: 待 here is dāi 'to stay', not dài 'to treat; to wait'.
usage
For Gerber the name fits twice over: 宝 'treasure' is also the 宝 of 宝宝, 'baby', a natural echo for a baby-food brand.

Stroke Order

嘉 jiā
宝 bǎo