雾都孤儿

霧都孤兒
Wùdū gū'ér
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens's 1838 novel

Examples

HSK 4
《 Wùdū gū'ér 》 shì Dígēngsī de xiǎoshuō.
Oliver Twist is a novel by Dickens.
HSK 7-9
《 Wùdū gū'ér 》 jiǎng de shì gū'ér Àolìfú zài Lúndūn de bēicǎn zāoyù.
Oliver Twist tells of the orphan Oliver's sufferings in London.

Tips

memory
雾都 'the fog capital' is London, known for its coal smog in Dickens's day, and 孤儿 is 'orphan': the orphan of the foggy city. Chinese also calls 重庆 the 雾都, for its river fog.

Stroke Order

雾 wù
都 dōu
孤 gū
儿 ér