小说 (小說)
xiǎo shuō
Pinyin
Definition
小说 (小說)
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- novel
- fiction
- CL:本[běn],部[bù]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
- 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心,度君子之腹
- 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
- 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
- 1 poor people (idiom)
- 2 those who live from hand to mouth
Sample Sentences
昨天我又看了一遍这部小说。
Again : I read this novel again yesterday.
将小说拍成电影,如何做到保持原汁原味又让人耳目一新,可能是每个导演的难题。
It is probably a challenge faced by film directors who have to consider how they can let viewers have a fresh view while keeping the original when making a film from a novel.
在卡尔维诺小说《车间里的母鸡》里的皮埃德罗,患哮喘的他一个人操纵四台机器,
In Calvino's novel "The Workshop Hen", Pietro, with his asthma, operates four machines at the same time.
等一年算什么?你想想,作者在二十年前着手写小说的时候,就埋下了「顶住门」的伏笔。这可是单集成本六百万美金的大片,整个故事脉络处处暗涛汹涌,当然要吊足观众的胃口啦。
What's a year? Think about it. The author had planned the "hold the door" plot twist when he was writing the novel twenty years ago. This is a show where the budget for each episode is six million dollars. The entire story is an epic rollercoaster ride. Of course the show intends to keep it's audience at the edge of their seats and in total suspense.
你知道日本有位叫做东野圭吾的作家吗?他是一个专门写侦探小说的悬疑小说家,他的作品值得一看。
Do you know a Japanese author called Keigo Higashino? He is a thriller novelist who specializes in detective novels. His work is worth a read.
那我就推荐他的第一部侦探小说给你吧,名字叫做《放学后》。这是一部校园悬疑小说,情节紧凑,结局出人意料。
Then I'll recommend his first detective novel. It's called 'After School'. It's a thriller based in school, the plot is very fast-paced and the ending is really unexpected.
欸,不错,其中最有分量的就是第三十一届江户川乱步奖,这是日本国内给予悬疑侦探小说家的最高荣誉。
Ah, great, the biggest of those was the thirty first Edogawa Rampo Award, the highest award for thriller crime novels within Japan.
听说东野圭吾现在可是个炙手可热的悬疑小说家了,他的很多作品还被改编成了电影。
I hear Keigo Higashino is a really popular thriller novelist right now, many of his works have been adapted into films.
对啊,我记得当时莫言获奖的作品是一部叫《蛙》的长篇小说,这部小说一夜之间就成了最畅销的书籍,但谁又能说它比莫言其他的作品更优秀呢?
Yes, I remember at the time that the work that Mo Yan won the prize for was a full-length novel called Frog and it became a bestseller overnight, but who is to say it's better than any of his other works?
你、我和一本小说。
You, a novel and I.