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失乐园

失樂園
Shīlèyuán
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Paradise Lost, John Milton's 1667 epic poem
  2. 2 A Lost Paradise, Watanabe Jun'ichi's 1997 Japanese novel

Examples

HSK 4
《失乐园》讲的是亚当和夏娃被赶出伊甸园的故事。
《 Shīlèyuán 》 jiǎng de shì Yàdāng hé Xiàwá bèi gǎnchū Yīdiànyuán de gùshi.
Paradise Lost tells how Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden.
HSK 5
《失乐园》是米尔顿写的长诗。
《 Shīlèyuán 》 shì Mǐ'ěrdùn xiě de chángshī.
Paradise Lost is a long poem by Milton.

Tips

mistakes
乐 is read lè 'joy' here, as in 乐园 'paradise', not yuè 'music'. Milton is also written 弥尔顿.
culture
The same title translates 渡边淳一's novel 失楽園 (Shitsurakuen), a 1997 bestseller about a love affair that ends in a double suicide; in Japan its title became a buzzword for an affair.

Stroke Order

失 shī
乐 lè
园 yuán