查拉图斯特拉如是说

查拉圖斯特拉如是說
Chálātúsītèlā rúshìshuō
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel (1883–1885)

Examples

HSK 3
《 Chálātúsītèlā rúshìshuō 》 shì Nícǎi zuì yǒumíng de shū.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is Nietzsche's best-known book.
HSK 5
Tā dìyī cì dú 《 Chálātúsītèlā rúshìshuō 》, juéde měi yí jù dōu xiàng shī.
The first time he read Thus Spoke Zarathustra, he felt every sentence was like a poem.

Tips

culture
查拉图斯特拉 is the Persian prophet Zoroaster, through whom Nietzsche speaks. 如是说 'spoke thus' has the ring of Buddhist scripture, whose sutras open with 如是我闻 'thus have I heard'.
history
Another classic translation, by 徐梵澄 (1936), is titled 《苏鲁支语录》, 'the sayings of Zarathustra'.

Stroke Order

查 chá
拉 lā
图 tú
斯 sī
特 tè
如 rú
是 shì
说 shuō