里希特霍芬

lǐ xī tè huò fēn

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 絲綢之路|丝绸之路

里

lǐ

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m

希

xī

to hope

特

tè

special

霍

huò

(literary) suddenly

芬

fēn

perfume