玩偶之家

Wán'ǒu zhī jiā
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 A Doll's House, Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play

Examples

HSK 6
《 Wán'ǒu zhī jiā 》 shì Nuówēi zuòjiā Yìbǔshēng de jùběn.
A Doll's House is a play by the Norwegian writer Ibsen.
HSK 6
Zài 《 Wán'ǒu zhī jiā 》 de jiéwěi, Nàlā líkāi le zhàngfu hé háizi, zǒuchū le jiāmén.
At the end of A Doll's House, Nora leaves her husband and children and walks out of the house.

Tips

culture
Nora's exit made 娜拉出走 'Nora walks out' a byword for women leaving to live on their own terms. 鲁迅's 1923 lecture 娜拉走后怎样 'What Happens After Nora Leaves' asked how she would survive without money of her own.
history
易卜生 (Henrik Ibsen) wrote it in 1879. It reached China during the New Culture Movement, when the magazine 新青年 'New Youth' gave a whole 1918 issue to Ibsen, and was also staged under the title 娜拉.

Stroke Order

玩 wán
偶 ǒu
之 zhī
家 jiā