断臂维纳斯

斷臂維納斯

Duànbì Wéinàsī

proper noun

Meanings

1 Venus de Milo, the armless ancient Greek statue in the Louvre

Characters

(transliteration: Ve-)

(transliteration: -n-)

(transliteration: -s)

Examples

HSK 6

很多人觉得，断臂维纳斯正因为没有手臂才显得更美。

Hěnduō rén juéde, Duànbì Wéinàsī zhèng yīnwèi méiyǒu shǒubì cái xiǎnde gèng měi.

Many people feel that the Venus de Milo looks all the more beautiful precisely because it has no arms.

HSK 7-9

断臂维纳斯是卢浮宫里最有名的雕像之一。

Duànbì Wéinàsī shì Lúfúgōng lǐ zuì yǒumíng de diāoxiàng zhīyī.

The Venus de Milo is one of the most famous statues in the Louvre.

Tips

usage

The formal name is 米洛的维纳斯 'Venus of Milo', after 米洛斯 (Milos), the Greek island where a farmer dug it up in 1820. Everyday Chinese names it by its missing arms: 断臂 'broken-armed'.

Stroke Order

断 duàn

臂 bì

维 wéi

纳 nà

斯 sī