二十年目睹之怪現狀

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]

two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid

twenty / 20

twenty; 20

ten / 10

surname Nian

year / CL:個|个[ge4]

grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]

to witness / to see at first hand / to see with one's own eyes

eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title

to observe / to see

old variant of 睹[du3]

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

bewildering / odd / strange / uncanny / devil / monster / to wonder at / to blame / quite / rather

variant of 怪[guai4]

current situation

to appear / present / now / existing / current

accusation / suit / state / condition / strong / great / -shaped