德雷曼 (Déléimàn): Dreyman (German surname, transl…

Meanings

1 Dreyman (German surname, transliteration)
2 most notably Georg Dreyman, the protagonist playwright in the 2006 film Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others (《窃听风暴》)

Characters

德

dé

virtue; (phonetic, also Germany)

Examples

德雷曼是《窃听风暴》里的主角。

Déléimàn shì 《Qiètīng Fēngbào》 lǐ de zhǔjué.

Dreyman is the protagonist of The Lives of Others.

电影最后德雷曼写了一本书。

Diànyǐng zuìhòu Déléimàn xiě le yì běn shū.

At the end of the film Dreyman writes a book.

Tips

culture

德雷曼 transliterates the German surname 'Dreyman': 德 (dé) for 'Drey-' (with the 'r' approximated), 雷 (léi) reinforces the '-ay-' vowel, and 曼 (màn) for '-man'. Best known to Chinese audiences as Georg Dreyman from Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Oscar-winning film 《窃听风暴》 (Qiètīng Fēngbào, The Lives of Others, 2006), an East German playwright surveilled by the Stasi.