波洛涅斯

Bōluònièsī

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Meanings

1 Polonius (character in Shakespeare's Hamlet)
2 father of Ophelia, accidentally killed by Hamlet

Characters

(phonetic — Po)

(phonetic — lo)

(phonetic — ni)

(phonetic — us)

Examples

波洛涅斯躲在帷幕后偷听被哈姆雷特刺死。

Bōluònièsī duǒ zài wéimù hòu tōutīng bèi Hāmǔléitè cì sǐ.

Polonius was hiding behind the curtain eavesdropping when Hamlet stabbed him to death.

波洛涅斯对儿子的告别赠言流传至今。

Bōluònièsī duì érzi de gàobié zèngyán liúchuán zhì jīn.

Polonius's farewell advice to his son is still quoted today.

Tips

culture

His parting advice to Laertes — 'To thine own self be true' (对你自己要忠实) — is one of Shakespeare's most quoted lines. In Chinese-translated editions of Hamlet (《哈姆雷特》) the name is also rendered 波洛尼厄斯 or 普隆涅斯; 波洛涅斯 is one of the standard transliterations.

In Pop Culture

哈姆雷特 Hāmǔléitè

Hamlet

Shakespeare's tragedy where Polonius serves as Lord Chamberlain — long-winded counselor, father to Ophelia and Laertes, stabbed through the curtain in Act III.

Stroke Order

波 bō

洛 luò

涅 niè

斯 sī