| 帖撒罗尼迦前书 |
Tiě sā luó ní jiā qián shū |
First epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians |
| 帖 |
tiē |
fitting snugly / appropriate / suitable / variant of 贴 / to paste / to obey |
| 帖 |
tiě |
invitation card / notice |
| 帖 |
tiè |
rubbing from incised inscription |
| 帖撒罗尼迦 |
Tiě sā luó ní jiā |
Thessalonica |
| 撒 |
sā |
to let go / to cast / to let loose / to discharge / to give expression to / (coll.) to pee |
| 撒 |
sǎ |
to scatter / to sprinkle / to spill |
| 罗 |
Luó |
surname Luo |
| 罗 |
luó |
gauze / to collect / to gather / to catch / to sift |
| 尼 |
ní |
Buddhist nun / (often used in phonetic spellings) |
| 迦 |
jiā |
(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms) |
| 前 |
qián |
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |
| 书 |
Shū |
abbr. for 书经 |
| 书 |
shū |
book / letter / document / CL:本,册,部 / to write |