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维吉尔

維吉爾
Wéijí'ěr
proper noun #14,586

Meanings

  1. 1 Virgil (Roman poet)
  2. 2 Vergilius

About Virgil

70–19 BC · 诗人 poet

Roman poet of the age of Augustus, author of the epic 埃涅阿斯纪 (Aeneid) on the founding of Rome. In Dante's 神曲 (Divine Comedy) he guides Dante through Hell and Purgatory.

Examples

HSK 5
Wéijí'ěr shì Gǔ Luómǎ zuì wěidà de shīrén zhīyī.
Virgil was one of the greatest poets of ancient Rome.
HSK 7-9
Dàndīng zài 《 Shénqǔ 》 zhōng yǐ Wéijí'ěr wéi xiàngdǎo.
Dante used Virgil as a guide in the Divine Comedy.

Tips

culture
The most detailed ancient telling of the Trojan Horse is in his Aeneid. In Chinese the horse, 特洛伊木马, also names computer malware, usually shortened to 木马, the same word as a toy rocking horse.

Stroke Order

维 wéi
吉 jí
尔 ěr