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三毛

Sānmáo
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Meanings

  1. 1 Sanmao (1943-1991), pen name of Taiwanese writer Chen Mao-ping, famous for travel essays about the Sahara Desert
  2. 2 Sanmao, iconic ragged-boy cartoon character created by Zhang Leping in 1935

Examples

三毛的《撒哈拉的故事》影响了一代华人读者。
Sānmáo de《Sāhālā de Gùshi》yǐngxiǎngle yídài Huárén dúzhě.
Sanmao's 'Stories of the Sahara' influenced a generation of Chinese readers.
小时候我最喜欢看《三毛流浪记》。
Xiǎoshíhou wǒ zuì xǐhuān kàn《Sānmáo Liúlàng Jì》.
When I was little I loved reading 'The Wanderings of Sanmao'.

Tips

culture
Two completely different icons share this name: the writer 三毛 (Echo Chan), who married a Spanish diver and wrote bestselling memoirs from the Sahara, and the cartoon orphan 三毛, drawn with three hairs on his head as a symbol of Shanghai's pre-1949 poverty.
memory
三毛 literally means 'three hairs' — originally the nickname of the skinny cartoon boy; the writer later adopted it as her pen name because she admired the character's resilience.

Stroke Order

三 sān
毛 máo