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Bātèbǐ
noun #24,250

Meanings

  1. 1 Bartleby (name, transliteration)

Examples

Bātèbǐ zhège juésè yǐ 'wǒ nìngyuàn bù' zhè jù huà ér wénmíng.
The character Bartleby is famous for the phrase 'I would prefer not to'.
Tā de xíngwéi ràng rén xiǎngqǐ Màiěrwéiěr bǐxià de Bātèbǐ.
His behavior was reminiscent of Melville's Bartleby.

In Pop Culture

巴特比 Bātèbǐ
Bartleby the Scrivener — the passive, enigmatic protagonist of Herman Melville's 1853 short story, famous for his refusal 'I would prefer not to'.
literary character

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