双城记

雙城記

Shuāngchéngjì

proper noun #42,982

Meanings

1 A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens's 1859 novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution

HSK 4

《双城记》是狄更斯写的长篇小说。

《 Shuāngchéngjì 》 shì Dígēngsī xiě de chángpiān xiǎoshuō.

A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Dickens.

HSK 6

《双城记》的故事发生在法国大革命时期的伦敦和巴黎。

《 Shuāngchéngjì 》 de gùshi fāshēng zài Fǎguó Dàgémìng shíqī de Lúndūn hé Bālí.

A Tale of Two Cities is set in London and Paris at the time of the French Revolution.

culture

Its opening is one of the most quoted lines of any translated novel: 这是最好的时代，这是最坏的时代 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'.

usage

Chinese headlines borrow the title for any story that compares or links two cities.

双 shuāng

城 chéng

记 jì