格林兄弟

Gélín Xiōngdì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), German collectors of folk tales

Examples

HSK 6
Gélín Xiōngdì shōují le hěnduō Déguó tónghuà.
The Brothers Grimm collected many German fairy tales.
HSK 7-9
《 Xiǎohóngmào 》 hé 《 Huīgūniang 》 dōu shì Gélín Xiōngdì zhěnglǐ de mínjiān gùshi.
Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella are both folk tales recorded by the Brothers Grimm.

Tips

culture
Their collection, first published in 1812, is known in Chinese as 《格林童话》 (Grimm's Fairy Tales). Jacob was also a founder of German linguistics: Grimm's law, on how consonants shifted in the Germanic languages, is named after him.

Stroke Order

格 gé
林 lín
兄 xiōng
弟 dì