罗生门

羅生門

Luóshēngmén

popculture

Meanings

1 Rashomon (Akutagawa short story and Kurosawa film)
2 (fig.) a situation where irreconcilable accounts make the truth impossible to pin down

Characters

net (phonetic Ra-)

birth, life (phonetic -shō-)

gate (-mon, gate)

Examples

这起案件成了一桩罗生门，谁也说不清真相。

Zhè qǐ ànjiàn chéng le yī zhuāng Luóshēngmén, shéi yě shuō bù qīng zhēnxiàng.

The case has become a Rashomon — no one can tell what really happened.

黑泽明的电影《罗生门》是世界影史的经典。

Hēizémíng de diànyǐng «Luóshēngmén» shì shìjiè yǐngshǐ de jīngdiǎn.

Kurosawa's film Rashomon is a classic of world cinema.

Tips

culture

From Akutagawa Ryūnosuke's 1915 story, named after the Rashōmon city gate of Kyoto. Kurosawa's 1950 film turned it into a global synonym for conflicting testimony — Chinese media now use 罗生门 for any 'he-said-she-said' scandal.

Stroke Order

罗 luó

生 shēng

门 mén