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李希霍芬

Lǐ xī huò fēn

4-character word

What 李希霍芬 means

1. Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 丝绸之路

The characters in 李希霍芬

• 李lǐplum
• 希xīto hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 霍huò(literary) suddenly
• 芬fēnperfume; fragrance

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