二十年目睹之怪现状

1. • The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吴趼人 wújiǎnrén

Character by character

• 二(èr)two
• 十(shí)ten
• 年(nián)year
• 目(mù)eye
• 睹(dǔ)observe
• 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
• 怪(guài)odd
• 现(xiàn)appear
• 状(zhuàng)state