余秋雨

Yúqiūyǔ

proper noun

Meanings

1 Yu Qiuyu (1946-), essayist and cultural critic, author of the influential essay collection A Bitter Cultural Journey (文化苦旅)

Characters

surname Yu; surplus

Examples

HSK 5

余秋雨的《文化苦旅》影响了一代读者。

Yúqiūyǔ de 《 Wénhuà Kǔ Lǚ 》 yǐngxiǎng le yídài dúzhě.

Yu Qiuyu's A Bitter Cultural Journey influenced a generation of readers.

HSK 7-9

他的散文风格抒情而厚重。

Tā de sǎnwén fēnggé shūqíng ér hòuzhòng.

His essay style is lyrical yet weighty.

Tips

culture

《文化苦旅》 (1992) kicked off a genre sometimes called 文化散文 - lyrical travel essays meditating on Chinese history. Yu is also a frequent (and divisive) TV cultural commentator.

Stroke Order

余 yú

秋 qiū

雨 yǔ