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庄子

zhuāng zi

2-character word Traditional 莊子 Measure word 座

What 庄子 means

1. colloquialvillage; hamlet

Other readings

庄子 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhuāng zǐZhuangzi (369-286 BC), Daoist author

The characters in 庄子

• 庄zhuāngfarmstead; village; manor
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 惠子问庄子：「子非鱼，安知鱼之乐？」
  Huizi asked Zhuangzi: "If you're not a fish, how do you know what fish enjoy?"
• 庄子曾梦见自己化身为蝶，当他醒来，他分不清是自己刚刚梦见自己变成蝴蝶呢，还是蝴蝶正梦见它变成了庄子。
  Once, Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly, but when he woke up, he wasn't sure whether he was Zhuangzi who had dreamed being a butterfly or if he was a butterfly now dreaming he was Zhuangzi.