卢平 (Lúpíng) · Lupin (most famously Remus Lupin from Harry…

Meanings

1 Lupin (most famously Remus Lupin from Harry Potter)
2 also a Chinese surname-given-name combination

About Remus Lupin

文学人物 fictional character

Wizard in the Harry Potter books, a friend of Harry's father, who teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts in the third book while hiding that he is a werewolf.

Also called 莱姆斯·卢平

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

卢平其实是个狼人。

Lúpíng qíshí shì gè lángrén.

Lupin is actually a werewolf.

HSK 7-9

卢平教授是哈利的黑魔法防御术老师。

Lúpíng jiàoshòu shì Hālì de hēi mófǎ fángyù shù lǎoshī.

Professor Lupin is Harry's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

Tips

culture

Both his names hint at wolves: Remus is one of the Roman twins raised by a she-wolf, and Lupin echoes Latin lupus 'wolf'. 卢平 keeps only the sound, so Chinese readers lose the clue. Taiwan's edition calls him 雷木思·路平.