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钱钟书
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Qian Zhongshu und seine Frau Yang Jiang
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钱钟书

錢鍾書
Qián Zhōngshū
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Qian Zhongshu, scholar and writer, author of the satirical novel Fortress Besieged (围城)

About Qian Zhongshu

1910–1998 · 作家 writer

Scholar and novelist whose 围城 (Fortress Besieged) gave Chinese the saying that marriage is a besieged city: those outside want in, those inside want out. His 管锥编 is a classic of scholarship.

Also called  钱锺书、 默存

Examples

HSK 5
钱钟书的《围城》是二十世纪中国文学的经典。
Qián Zhōngshū de 《 Wéichéng 》 shì èrshí shìjì Zhōngguó wénxué de jīngdiǎn.
Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged is a classic of 20th-century Chinese literature.
HSK 5
钱钟书和妻子杨绛都是著名学者。
Qián Zhōngshū hé qīzi Yáng Jiàng dōu shì zhùmíng xuézhě.
Qian Zhongshu and his wife Yang Jiang were both renowned scholars.

Tips

culture
At his first-birthday 抓周, when a baby picks from a spread of objects to foretell its future, he grabbed a book, so he was named 钟书, 'fond of books'. His father later gave him the courtesy name 默存, 'keep silent', hoping the talkative boy would speak less.

Stroke Order

钱 qián
钟 zhōng
书 shū