School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
novelist
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun
novelist
noun, obsolete
the School of Small Talks among the Hundred Schools of Thought
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
小说家说谎并不是不道德的事。其实,谎话说得愈离谱、愈有技巧,就愈会受到公众和批评家的表扬。
小說家說謊並不是不道德的事。其實,謊話說得愈離譜、愈有技巧,就愈會受到公眾和批評家的表揚。
xiǎo shuō jiā shuō huǎng bìng bù shì bù dào dé de shì 。 qí shí , huǎng huà shuō dé yù lí pǔ 、 yù yǒu jì qiǎo , jiù yù huì shòu dào gōng zhòng hé pī píng jiā de biǎo yáng 。
It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.
Mandarin
他不是诗人,是小说家。
他不是詩人,是小說家。
tā bú shi shī rén , shì xiǎo shuō jiā 。