shí · yī
first of October
PRC National day
same as 國慶|国庆[gúo qìng]
rì · diàn
cable sent on given date
n日電|n日电 means news item of nth of the month
Ān bèi · Jìn sān
ABE Shinzō (1954-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007
Xiǎo tián · Jiàn
OBATA Takeshi, manga artist, illustrator of cult series Death Note 死亡筆記|死亡笔记
liù · sì
refers to Tian'anmen incident of 4th June 1989
Bǐ ěr · Gài cí
Bill Gates (1955-), founder and chairman of Microsoft
Mài kè ěr · Jié kè xùn
Michael Jackson (1958-2009), American musician and entertainer
Tāng mǔ · Kè lǔ sī
Tom Cruise (1962-), film actor
Má shēng · Tài láng
ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008
Cūn shàng · Chūn shù
MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator
Dá · Fēn qí
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian renaissance painter
Jiǎn · Ài
Jane Eyre, novel by Charlotte Brontë 夏洛特·勃良特
Hā lì · Bō tè
Harry Potter, boy wizard in the novels by J.K. Rowling 羅琳|罗琳
Mǎ lì lián · Mèng lòu
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), US actress
Nī kě · Jī dé màn
Nicole Kidman (1967-), film actress
Běn · Lā dēng
Osama bin Laden (1957-), leader of Al Qaeda
Qiáo zhì · Huá shèng dùn
George Washington (1732-1799), first US president
Ān ní · Hǎi sè wēi
Anne Hathaway (1982-), American actress
Xiǎo chí · Bǎi hé zi
KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008
Mǎ kè · Tǔ wēn
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·芬歷險記|哈克贝利·芬历险记
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé
Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister
Yà dāng · Sī mì
Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish ethical philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论
Tāng mǔ · Kè lán xī
Tom Clancy (1947-), US author
Sēn · Xǐ lǎng
MORI Yoshirō (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes
Mài kè ěr · Qiáo dān
Michael Jordan (1963-) US basketball player
Shā lā · Bù lái màn
Sarah Brightman (1960-), English pop star
Wò lún · Bā fēi tè
Warren Buffett (1930-), the Sage of Omaha, US investor and philanthropist, principal owner of holding company Berkshire Hathaway
Liè fū · Tuō ěr sī tài
Tolstoy (name)
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平
Jié kè · Lún dūn
Jack London (1876-1916), American writer
Xī lā lǐ · Kè lín dùn
Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician, First lady during Bill Clinton's presidency 1993-2001, Senator for New York since 2001, US Secretary of state from 2009
Mǎ dīng · Lù dé · Jīn
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist
Hǎi lún · Kǎi lē
Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)
Dé yì zhì · Lián bāng · Gòng hé guó
Federal Republic of Germany
former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany
Xiǎo quán · Chún yī láng
KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō (1942-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006
Kē nán · Dào ěr
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯
Mó gēn · Fú lǐ màn
Morgan Freeman, American actor
Bù lán nī · Sī pí ěr sī
Britney Spears (1981-), US pop singer
Kūn tīng · Tǎ lún dì nuò
Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
Hā lì · Bèi ruì
Halle Berry (1966-), US actress
Běi Dà xī yáng · gōng yuē · zǔ zhī
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
Lǜ bà · huā jì hù háng
Green Dam Youth Escort, internet content-control software (abbreviated to 綠壩|绿坝[Lǜ bà])
Xī sī · Lái jié
Heath Ledger, Australian actor (1979-2008)
Tāng mǔ · Suǒ yà lì xiǎn jì
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫|马克·吐温
Ā nuò · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California since 2003
also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格
Tài gé · Wǔ zī
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (1975-), American golfer