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皇帝的新装

皇帝的新裝
huángdìdexīnzhuāng
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 The Emperor's New Clothes
  2. 2 Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale; metaphor for a collectively-denied obvious falsehood

Examples

《皇帝的新装》告诉我们要说真话。
《Huángdì de xīnzhuāng》gàosù wǒmen yào shuō zhēn huà.
"The Emperor's New Clothes" tells us to speak the truth.
这项目就是皇帝的新装,没人敢说不好。
Zhè xiàngmù jiùshì huángdì de xīnzhuāng, méi rén gǎn shuō bù hǎo.
This project is the emperor's new clothes — no one dares say it's bad.
孩子们都读过皇帝的新装。
Háizimen dōu dú guò Huángdì de xīnzhuāng.
All the kids have read The Emperor's New Clothes.

Tips

culture
Classic Hans Christian Andersen (安徒生 Āntúshēng) fairy tale, widely taught in Chinese primary schools. Functions as a cultural shorthand in Chinese similar to English: naming obvious-but-unacknowledged truth.

In Pop Culture

安徒生 Āntúshēng
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish author (1805-1875) whose fairy tales including this one, The Little Mermaid (小美人鱼) and The Ugly Duckling (丑小鸭) are classroom staples in China.

Stroke Order

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装 zhuāng