戈多

Gēduō

proper noun #37,750

Meanings

1 Godot (the never-arriving figure in Beckett's play)

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

他们一直在等待戈多。

Tāmen yìzhí zài děngdài Gēduō.

They keep waiting for Godot.

HSK 5

这场改革就像戈多一样，永远不来。

Zhè chǎng gǎigé jiù xiàng Gēduō yíyàng, yǒngyuǎn bù lái.

This reform is like Godot - it will never actually arrive.

In Pop Culture

等待戈多 Děngdài Gēduō

Waiting for Godot

Samuel Beckett's 1953 absurdist play, in which two men wait endlessly for a figure named Godot who never appears. A standard reference in Chinese intellectual writing for any anticipated thing that fails to materialize.

Stroke Order

戈 gē

多 duō