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额尔金

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3-character word Traditional 額爾金

What 额尔金 means

1. James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圆明园 in 1860
2. Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810

The characters in 额尔金

• 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
• 尔ěrthus; so; like that
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals