齐柏林飞艇

齊柏林飛艇

Qíbólín Fēitǐng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Led Zeppelin (British rock band, 1968-1980)
2 (literal) Zeppelin dirigible airship

Characters

even / all together

cypress (transliteration reading)

small boat / light vessel

Examples

HSK 4

《Stairway to Heaven》是齐柏林飞艇最著名的作品。

《 Stairway to Heaven 》 shì Qíbólín Fēitǐng zuì zhùmíng de zuòpǐn.

'Stairway to Heaven' is Led Zeppelin's most famous work.

HSK 7-9

齐柏林飞艇是重金属的鼻祖之一。

Qíbólín Fēitǐng shì zhòngjīnshǔ de bízǔ zhīyī.

Led Zeppelin are one of the founders of heavy metal.

Tips

culture

齐柏林飞艇 literally means 'Zeppelin airship' - a direct calque of 'Led Zeppelin' via the German Graf Zeppelin dirigibles. The band never toured China; Chinese guitarists discovered them through bootleg tapes in the 1980s-90s, and Jimmy Page's riff on 'Black Dog' is a rite of passage for electric guitar students.

In Pop Culture

《Stairway to Heaven》

Stairway to Heaven

The 1971 epic is so iconic in Chinese guitar shops that the Wayne's World 'no Stairway' joke has been independently reinvented by local shop owners.

Stroke Order

齐 qí

柏 bǎi

林 lín

飞 fēi

艇 tǐng