As Chinese fans go potty for the BBC's Sherlock, it emerges that they have some rather endearing nicknames for its two stars.
中國粉絲對(duì)英劇《神探夏洛克》著迷不已，現(xiàn)在我們發(fā)現(xiàn)，中國粉絲還給兩位主角起了昵稱以表達(dá)自己的衷愛。

It is no secret that BBC drama Sherlock and its star Benedict Cumberbatch are enormously popular in the world’s most populous country.
眾所周知，本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇主演的英劇《神探夏洛克》在中國這個(gè)人口最多的國家享有極高的人氣。

But what is perhaps less well known is the nicknames Chinese fans have given the two stars of the hit drama: Curly Fu and Peanut.
但不少人并不知道，中國粉絲給這部熱門英劇的兩位主角起了昵稱：卷福和花生。

Cumberbatch's Sherlock is known as Curly Fu – Curly because of the coils of locks he sports for the role and Fu which is a shortening of? Holmes in Chinese.
康伯巴奇飾演的夏洛克被稱為“卷福”——“卷”字取自他在角色中一綹綹的卷發(fā)造型，“?！弊质荋olmes（“福爾摩斯”）中譯名的縮寫。

Freeman, who plays John Watson, is called Peanut for the rather more mundane reason that the actor's name in its Chinese form – Hua Sheng – sounds a lot like the Mandarin for the nut.
飾演約翰·華生的弗里曼被稱為花生。這個(gè)名字的來由更容易理解——這一角色姓名的中譯名，“華生”聽起來與“花生”相近。

The country's fixation on Sherlock was thrown into sharp focus during David Cameron’s official visit last week.
上周英國首相戴維·卡梅倫訪華期間，對(duì)這部英劇著迷的中國粉絲也把這部劇作為了與英國首相對(duì)話的焦點(diǎn)。

However, the bad news is that Chinese fans will have to wait longer than the 1 January UK air date for Sherlock series three to reach them.
然而，中國粉絲可能要聽到壞消息了——《神探夏洛克》第三季在明年1月1日在英國首播，中國粉絲可能要等到1月1日之后了。

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