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皇帝的新装

皇帝的新裝
huángdìdexīnzhuāng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 The Emperor's New Clothes
  2. 2 Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale; metaphor for a collectively-denied obvious falsehood

Examples

HSK 1
《皇帝的新装》告诉我们要说真话。
《 Huángdì de Xīnzhuāng 》 gàosù wǒmen yào shuō zhēnhuà.
"The Emperor's New Clothes" tells us to speak the truth.
HSK 1
孩子们都读过皇帝的新装。
Háizi men dōu dú guò Huángdì de Xīnzhuāng.
All the kids have read The Emperor's New Clothes.
HSK 4
这项目就是皇帝的新装，没人敢说不好。
Zhè xiàngmù jiùshì huángdì de xīnzhuāng, méi rén gǎn shuō bùhǎo.
This project is the emperor's new clothes - no one dares say it's bad.

Tips

culture
Classic Hans Christian Andersen (安徒生) fairy tale, widely taught in Chinese primary schools. Functions as a cultural shorthand in Chinese similar to English: naming obvious-but-unacknowledged truth.

In Pop Culture

安徒生 Āntúshēng
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish author (1805-1875) whose fairy tales including this one, The Little Mermaid (小美人鱼) and The Ugly Duckling (丑小鸭) are classroom staples in China.

Stroke Order

皇 huáng
帝 dì
的 de
新 xīn
装 zhuāng