左拉

Zuǒlā

proper noun

Meanings

1 Émile Zola (1840–1902), French naturalist novelist

佐拉 Zuǒlā Émile Zola · writer, 1840–1902

Characters

left, used for its sound

to pull, used for its sound

Examples

HSK 7-9

左拉是法国自然主义文学的代表作家。

Zuǒlā shì Fǎguó zìrán zhǔyì wénxué de dàibiǎo zuòjiā.

Zola was the leading writer of French naturalism.

HSK 7-9

左拉为德雷福斯辩护，写了著名的公开信《我控诉》。

Zuǒlā wèi Déléifúsī biànhù, xiě le zhùmíng de gōngkāixìn 《 Wǒ kòngsù 》.

Zola wrote the famous open letter "J'Accuse...!" in defence of Dreyfus.

Tips

culture

His best-known novels in Chinese are 《萌芽》 (Germinal) and 《娜娜》 (Nana), both from his twenty-novel cycle about one family under the Second Empire. 佐拉 is a less common way to write his name.

Stroke Order

左 zuǒ

拉 lā