马洛

馬洛

Mǎluò

proper noun #34,966

Meanings

1 Marlow / Marlowe (Western surname)
2 commonly Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective in Raymond Chandler's novels

Characters

horse; phonetic 'mar-'

river name; phonetic '-lo'

Examples

HSK 7-9

马洛是钱德勒笔下著名的私家侦探。

Mǎluò shì Qiándélè bǐxià zhùmíng de sījiā zhēntàn.

Marlowe is the famous private detective in Chandler's novels.

HSK 7-9

她最喜欢的角色是侦探马洛。

Tā zuì xǐhuan de juésè shì zhēntàn Mǎluò.

Her favorite character is detective Marlowe.

Tips

culture

Most often refers to Philip Marlowe (菲利普·马洛), the trench-coated PI in Raymond Chandler's 《漫长的告别》 (The Long Goodbye) and 《大眠》 (The Big Sleep). Also used for Christopher Marlowe (克里斯托弗·马洛), the Elizabethan playwright who wrote 《浮士德博士》.

Stroke Order

马 mǎ

洛 luò