四大名著 four major classical novels
four great classical novels
- 我听说中国有四大名著,你都读过吗?
I heard there are four masterpieces of China.Have you read all of them? - 实际上,所谓的四大名著只是中国近代小说的四大名著。
In fact, the so-called four masterpieces are only four masterpieces of novels from relatively modern history of China. - 中国四大名著之一《西游记》讲的就是唐朝僧人玄奘到古代印度取经的故事。
The Journey to the West, one of the four Chinese literature classics, tells the story of Xuan Zang, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, traveling to ancient India for Buddhist scriptures.