名 míng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
名著
míngzhù
masterpiece; famous work
Characters in this word
著 zhù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 者 that which
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部名著之所以经得起反复阅读，是因为它把个人命运放在时代变迁中展开。 Zhè bù míngzhù zhī suǒyǐ jīng de qǐ fǎnfù yuèdú, shì yīnwèi tā bǎ gèrén mìngyùn fàng zài shídài biànqiān zhōng zhǎnkāi. This masterpiece withstands repeated reading because it unfolds individual fate within the changes of its era.
- 这套名著我读了三遍，每次都有新的感受。 Zhè tào míngzhù wǒ dú le sān biàn, měi cì dōu yǒu xīn de gǎnshòu. I have read this set of classics three times, and each time I get something new from it.
- 图书馆里有很多世界名著的儿童版。 Túshūguǎn lǐ yǒu hěn duō shìjiè míngzhù de értóng bǎn. The library has many children's editions of world classics.