黑色安息日

Hēisè Ānxīrì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Black Sabbath (English heavy metal band formed 1968 in Birmingham, founders of heavy metal, fronted by Ozzy Osbourne with guitarist Tony Iommi)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Hēisè Ānxīrì bèi shìwéi zhòngjīnshǔ yīnyuè de bízǔ.
Black Sabbath is seen as the founder of heavy metal music.
HSK 7-9
Àozī shì Hēisè Ānxīrì de zhǔchàng.
Ozzy is the lead singer of Black Sabbath.

Tips

culture
黑色安息日 is a literal translation of Black Sabbath. Guitarist Tony Iommi lost two fingertips in a factory accident and tuned down his strings to play - this down-tuned sound became the blueprint for heavy metal. Their 2017 farewell tour was widely covered in Chinese metal media.

In Pop Culture

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Black Sabbath's 1970 single - a foundational metal song frequently topping Chinese-language 'greatest metal songs' lists.

Stroke Order

黑 hēi
色 sè
安 ān
息 xī
日 rì