司马相如

司馬相如

Sīmǎ Xiāngrú

proper noun

Meanings

1 Sima Xiangru (c. 179-117 BC), Western Han dynasty poet
2 considered the greatest master of the 赋 (fu) rhapsody form

Characters

to manage (part of compound surname Sima)

mutually, appearance

Examples

司马相如是汉代最著名的辞赋家。

Sīmǎ Xiāngrú shì Hàn dài zuì zhùmíng de cí fù jiā.

Sima Xiangru was the most famous fu poet of the Han dynasty.

司马相如和卓文君的爱情故事流传至今。

Sīmǎ Xiāngrú hé Zhuó Wénjūn de àiqíng gùshì liúchuán zhìjīn.

The love story of Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun has been passed down to this day.

Tips

culture

His elopement with the young widow Zhuo Wenjun - she heard him play the qin at a banquet and fled with him that night - is one of the most romantic tales in Chinese literature, retold endlessly in opera and film.

Stroke Order

司 sī

马 mǎ

相 xiāng

如 rú