Peter Pan, photo 1 of 2
Peter Pan, photo 2 of 2

Photo credit

Photo
Peter Pan, by Edward Mason Eggleston, 1931
By
Edward Mason Eggleston
Licence
Public domain
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Resized

Photo credit

Photo
Michael Llewelyn Davies as Peter Pan
By
J. M. Barrie
Licence
Public domain
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Resized

彼得·潘

Bǐdé Pān
proper noun #27,212

Meanings

  1. 1 Peter Pan (fictional character by J.M. Barrie)

About Peter Pan

文学人物 fictional character

The boy who never grows up in J. M. Barrie's play and novel, who flies Wendy and her brothers to Neverland. Known in China through the Disney film and the phrase 'Peter Pan syndrome' for adults who won't grow up.

Also called  彼得潘

Examples

HSK 4
Bǐdé · Pān shì yí ge yǒngyuǎn bú huì zhǎngdà de nánhái.
Peter Pan is a boy who will never grow up.
HSK 7-9
Tā yǒudiǎn Bǐdé · Pān qíngjié, bú yuànyì chéngdān zérèn.
He has a bit of a Peter Pan complex and is unwilling to take on responsibility.

Tips

culture
Disney's 1953 cartoon came out in Chinese as 小飞侠, 'the little flying hero', a name still used for him. Neverland is 梦幻岛, 'dream island', and his fairy Tinker Bell is 小叮当, 'little tinkle'.

Stroke Order

彼 bǐ
得 de
潘 Pān