二十年目睹之怪现状

èr shí nián mù dǔ zhī guài xiàn zhuàng

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]

二

èr

two

十

shí

ten

年

nián

grain

目

mù

eye

睹

dǔ

old variant of 睹[du3]

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

怪

guài

variant of 怪[guai4]

现

xiàn

to appear

状

zhuàng

(bound form) form; appearance; shape