杜十娘

Dù Shíniáng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Du Shiniang, the courtesan heroine of a Ming story in Feng Menglong's Stories to Caution the World

Characters

ten (tenth in her family)

girl; young woman

Examples

HSK 7-9

杜十娘是明代小说里的一个名妓。

Dù Shíniáng shì Míngdài xiǎoshuō lǐ de yí ge míngjì.

Du Shiniang is a famous courtesan in a Ming dynasty story.

HSK 7-9

杜十娘发现李甲把她卖了，就抱着百宝箱跳进了江里。

Dù Shíniáng fāxiàn Lǐ Jiǎ bǎ tā mài le, jiù bào zhe bǎibǎoxiāng tiàojìn le jiāng lǐ.

When Du Shiniang found out that Li Jia had sold her, she leapt into the river clutching her jewel box.

Tips

culture

The story is 《杜十娘怒沉百宝箱》 'Du Shiniang Sinks Her Jewel Box in Anger', in 冯梦龙's 《警世通言》. She buys her freedom to marry the student 李甲, but on the journey south he sells her to a salt merchant for a thousand taels. Before his eyes she throws her treasures into the river one by one, then leaps in herself.

Stroke Order

杜 dù

十 shí

娘 niáng