玛丽莲梦露

瑪麗蓮夢露

Mǎlìlián Mènglù

proper noun

Meanings

1 Marilyn Monroe (American actress)

About Marilyn Monroe

1926–1962 · 演员 actor

American film star of the 1950s, the blonde of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like It Hot, whose white dress billowing over a subway grate in The Seven Year Itch is one of the best-known images of Hollywood.

Also called 玛丽莲·梦露

Characters

beautiful; magnificent

Phonetic transliteration of 'Marilyn Monroe'

Examples

HSK 1

我喜欢看玛丽莲梦露的电影。

Wǒ xǐhuan kàn Mǎlìlián Mènglù de diànyǐng.

I like watching Marilyn Monroe's movies.

Tips

culture

Her surname got a romantic spelling, 梦露 'dream dew', while the same English name is plain 门罗 for President James Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine. 玛丽莲 sounds feminine too, with 丽 'beautiful' and 莲 'lotus'.

Stroke Order

玛 mǎ

丽 lì

莲 lián

梦 mèng

露 lù