梁山伯

Liáng Shānbó

proper noun

Meanings

1 Liang Shanbo, the young scholar of the Butterfly Lovers legend, in love with Zhu Yingtai

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

梁山伯和祝英台的故事很感人。

Liáng Shānbó hé Zhù Yīngtái de gùshi hěn gǎnrén.

The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is very moving.

HSK 7-9

梁山伯死后，祝英台跳进了他的坟墓，两人化成了一对蝴蝶。

Liáng Shānbó sǐ hòu, Zhù Yīngtái tiàojìn le tā de fénmù, liǎng rén huàchéng le yí duì húdié.

After Liang Shanbo died, Zhu Yingtai leapt into his grave, and the two of them turned into a pair of butterflies.

Tips

culture

In the legend, usually shortened to 梁祝, 祝英台 dresses as a man to go away to school, where she and Liang Shanbo study side by side for three years without his guessing she is a girl. The 1959 violin concerto 《梁祝》 (The Butterfly Lovers) is one of the best-known Chinese orchestral works.

mistakes

Not to be confused with 梁山泊, the marsh where the outlaws of 《水浒传》 gather: 伯 "eldest brother" in the name, 泊 "lake" in the place.

In Pop Culture

梁山伯与祝英台 Liáng Shānbó yǔ Zhù Yīngtái

The Love Eterne

1963 Shaw Brothers huangmei opera film in which the actress 凌波 played Liang Shanbo; it broke box-office records in Taiwan.

Stroke Order

梁 liáng

山 shān

伯 bó