修昔底德

Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War

Characters and words in 修昔底德

surname Xiu

= + : In front of the outhouse Marie Curie tries to repair her binoculars. She's been working on it for such a long time that she already grew a long Santa Claus beard.
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)

= + : In front of the outhouse Marie Curie tries to repair her binoculars. She's been working on it for such a long time that she already grew a long Santa Claus beard.
variant of 修[xiu1]

= + : In front of the outhouse Marie Curie tries to repair her binoculars. She's been working on it for such a long time that she already grew a long Santa Claus beard.
surname Xi
former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: From 奶昔, milkshake

In former times, Marie Curie thought that at the end of every day, the sun falls into a well and therefore the light goes off. Nowadays as she is floating in front of the space station, she finds that she was right: as in the former times, every evening the sun goes into the well to fetch herself a milkshake.
de = d + e5
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
background / bottom / base / end (of the month, year etc) / remnants / (math.) radix / base

= 广 + : The space station's old concrete foundation has been broken up, and Dorothy Gale wants to send the remnants of the foundation back to the base on earth using parachutes.
Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]

= + + + + : Goethe (歌德) and Don Quixote (d) got into a discussion about ethics (德) and the moral (德) implications of wearing black sneakers (彳) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2) which escalated pretty quickly. Now they are even not discussing anymore: instead, Don Quixote is ramming a flute (一) into Goethe's heart (心) with a cross (十) which he uses as a hammer. He doesn't want to make a mess though so he collects the blood flowing out of the other end of the flute in a shallow bowl (皿).
virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind

= + + + + : Goethe (歌德) and Don Quixote (d) got into a discussion about ethics (德) and the moral (德) implications of wearing black sneakers (彳) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2) which escalated pretty quickly. Now they are even not discussing anymore: instead, Don Quixote is ramming a flute (一) into Goethe's heart (心) with a cross (十) which he uses as a hammer. He doesn't want to make a mess though so he collects the blood flowing out of the other end of the flute in a shallow bowl (皿).
variant of 德[de2]

= + + + + : Goethe (歌德) and Don Quixote (d) got into a discussion about ethics (德) and the moral (德) implications of wearing black sneakers (彳) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2) which escalated pretty quickly. Now they are even not discussing anymore: instead, Don Quixote is ramming a flute (一) into Goethe's heart (心) with a cross (十) which he uses as a hammer. He doesn't want to make a mess though so he collects the blood flowing out of the other end of the flute in a shallow bowl (皿).
variant of 德[de2]

= + + + + : Goethe (歌德) and Don Quixote (d) got into a discussion about ethics (德) and the moral (德) implications of wearing black sneakers (彳) just inside the elevator's kitchen (e2) which escalated pretty quickly. Now they are even not discussing anymore: instead, Don Quixote is ramming a flute (一) into Goethe's heart (心) with a cross (十) which he uses as a hammer. He doesn't want to make a mess though so he collects the blood flowing out of the other end of the flute in a shallow bowl (皿).

Words with 修昔底德

Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)

Sentences with 修昔底德

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