但丁

Dàndīng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy

Examples

HSK 5
Dàndīng shì Yìdàlì zuì wěidà de shīrén.
Dante is Italy's greatest poet.
HSK 6
Dàndīng zài liúfàng qījiān xiěxià le 《 Shénqǔ 》.
Dante wrote the Divine Comedy while in exile.

Tips

culture
In 《神曲》 the Roman poet 维吉尔 guides him through Hell and Purgatory, and 碧翠丝 (Beatrice), the woman he loved, through Paradise. He wrote in the Tuscan of his native 佛罗伦萨 (Florence) rather than in Latin, and that choice helped make it the basis of standard Italian.

Stroke Order

但 dàn
丁 dīng