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司徒雷登

Sī tú Léi dēng

4-character word

What 司徒雷登 means

1. John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China

The characters in 司徒雷登

• 司sīto take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 徒tú(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer…
• 雷léithunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound
• 登dēngto scale (a height); to ascend; to mount

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