路易斯·沙兹

路易斯·沙茲

Lùyìsī Shāzī

proper noun #33,677

Meanings

1 Louis Sachar, American children's author best known for the Newbery-winning novel 《Holes》 (《洞》) and the 'Wayside School' series

About Louis Sachar

born 1954 · 作家 writer

American children's author best known for Holes, the Newbery Medal novel about a boy sent to a desert camp to dig holes, and for the comic Wayside School books.

Characters

路

lù

road (used phonetically for 'Lou-')

易

yì

easy (used phonetically for '-i-')

斯

sī

this (used phonetically for '-s')

(name separator)

沙

shā

sand (used phonetically for 'Sa-')

兹

zī

this (used phonetically for '-cher')

Examples

HSK 7-9

路易斯·沙兹写了《洞》这本小说。

Lùyìsī · Shā zī xiě le 《 Dòng 》 zhè běn xiǎoshuō.

Louis Sachar wrote the novel Holes.

HSK 7-9

孩子们都很喜欢路易斯·沙兹的书。

Háizimen dōu hěn xǐhuan Lùyìsī · Shā zī de shū.

Children love Louis Sachar's books.

Tips

usage

Book listings usually write him 路易斯·萨奇尔; neither name matches the English, which sounds like 'Sacker'. The 2003 film of Holes is titled 别有洞天, a chengyu for 'a hidden world of its own' that puns on 洞 'hole'.

memory

The Wayside School books are 歪歪小学 in Chinese: 歪 'crooked, askew' echoes 'Wayside' and the school itself, built thirty storeys high with one classroom per floor instead of thirty rooms side by side.

In Pop Culture

洞 Dòng

Holes (1998 novel)

Sachar's most famous book - a Newbery Medal and National Book Award winner about boys forced to dig holes at a desert juvenile-detention camp

Stroke Order

路 lù

易 yì

斯 sī

沙 shā

兹 zī