二十年目睹之怪現狀 èr shí nián mù dǔ zhī guài xiàn zhuàng

DEFINITIONS

  1. The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2]

CHARACTERS

二 èr two; twice
十 shí ten, tenth; complete; perfect
年 nián year; new-years; person's age
目 mù eye; look, see; division, topic
睹 dǔ look at, gaze at; observe
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
怪 guài strange, unusual, peculiar
現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible
狀 zhuàng form; appearance; shape; official