卡萨诺瓦

卡薩諾瓦

Kǎsànuòwǎ

proper noun #13,852

Meanings

1 Casanova (Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer)
2 a womanizer; a ladies' man (by extension)

About Giacomo Casanova

1725–1798 · 历史人物 historical figure

Venetian adventurer, gambler and writer whose memoir of his travels and love affairs across 18th-century Europe made his name a byword for a seducer, in Chinese as in English.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

他简直是个卡萨诺瓦。

Tā jiǎnzhí shì gè Kǎsànuòwǎ.

He's a real Casanova.

HSK 7-9

别学卡萨诺瓦，到处沾花惹草。

Bié xué Kǎsànuòwǎ, dàochù zhānhuā-rěcǎo.

Don't be like Casanova, chasing after women everywhere.

Tips

usage

For a womanizer, everyday Chinese more often says 花花公子, literally 'flowery young master', the same words that name Playboy magazine in Chinese.

Stroke Order

卡 kǎ

萨 sà

诺 nuò

瓦 wǎ