双城记

雙城記
Shuāngchéngjì
proper noun #42,982

Meanings

  1. 1 A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens's 1859 novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution

Examples

HSK 4
《 Shuāngchéngjì 》 shì Dígēngsī xiě de chángpiān xiǎoshuō.
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Dickens.
HSK 6
《 Shuāngchéngjì 》 de gùshi fāshēng zài Fǎguó Dàgémìng shíqī de Lúndūn hé Bālí.
A Tale of Two Cities is set in London and Paris at the time of the French Revolution.

Tips

culture
Its opening is one of the most quoted lines of any translated novel: 这是最好的时代,这是最坏的时代 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'.
usage
Chinese headlines borrow the title for any story that compares or links two cities.

Stroke Order

双 shuāng
城 chéng
记 jì