梁山伯与祝英台

梁山伯與祝英台
Liáng Shānbó yǔ Zhù Yīngtái
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 The Butterfly Lovers, the folk legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, who die for love and turn into butterflies

Examples

HSK 4
《 Liáng Shānbó yǔ Zhù Yīngtái 》 shì Zhōngguó zuì yǒumíng de àiqíng gùshi zhīyī.
"The Butterfly Lovers" is one of China's most famous love stories.
HSK 6
Zài 《 Liáng Shānbó yǔ Zhù Yīngtái 》 de jiéwěi, liǎng ge rén huàchéng le yí duì húdié.
At the end of "The Butterfly Lovers", the two of them turn into a pair of butterflies.

Tips

history
祝英台 dresses as a man to go away to school and shares a desk for three years with 梁山伯, who never guesses her secret. By the time he learns the truth she is promised to another family. He dies of grief; on her wedding day his grave opens, she leaps in, and the two fly out as butterflies.
culture
The short name is 梁祝, also the title of the 1959 violin concerto by 何占豪 and 陈钢, one of the best-known pieces of Chinese orchestral music. The story is a classic of 越剧 (Yue opera) and counts among China's four great folk legends, with 孟姜女, 白蛇传 and 牛郎织女.

Stroke Order

梁 liáng
山 shān
伯 bó
与 yǔ
祝 zhù
英 yīng
台 tái