Cordelia is a person in a play, not a kind of thing. She is the youngest of King Lear's three daughters in William Shakespeare's King Lear.

Cordelia is a person in a play, not a kind of thingCordelia是一齣戲裡的人物，不是一種東西 She is the youngest of King Lear's three daughters她是李爾王三個女兒裡最小的一個 in William Shakespeare's King Lear出自莎士比亞的《李爾王》

Lear asks his daughters to tell him how much they love him, because he is splitting up his kingdom. The two older sisters pour out sweet words they do not mean. Cordelia loves him in a real way, but she will not make a show of it, and she will not compete with lies. Lear is angry and sends her away.

Lear asks his daughters to tell him how much they love him李爾要三個女兒告訴他，她們有多愛他 because he is splitting up his kingdom因為他打算把王國分給她們 The two older sisters pour out sweet words they do not mean兩個姐姐說了一堆她們不是真心的甜言蜜語 Cordelia loves him in a real wayCordelia是真心愛他的 but she will not make a show of it但她不會刻意表現出來 and she will not compete with lies也不願意跟謊言比賽 Lear is angry and sends her away李爾很生氣，把她趕走了

The play then slowly shows that she was the honest one, and that the pretty speeches were empty. English speakers who know the play use her name as a picture of a loyal child who tells the truth even when it costs her.

The play then slowly shows that she was the honest one這齣戲接著慢慢顯示出她才是誠實的那一個 and that the pretty speeches were empty而那些漂亮的話都是空洞的 English speakers who know the play use her name as a picture of a loyal child who tells the truth even when it costs her懂這齣戲的英語使用者，會用她的名字來代表一個即使付出代價也要說實話的忠誠孩子

Some parents still use Cordelia as a girl's name, but for most people it points straight at this character. Shakespeare wrote Cordelia; older British tellings had forms like Cordeilla. The name may come from the Latin saint's name Cordula, but that last step is only a possible link, not a sure one.

Some parents still use Cordelia as a girl's name有些父母還是會用Cordelia當女孩的名字 but for most people it points straight at this character但對大多數人來說，這個名字直接讓人聯想到這個角色 Shakespeare wrote Cordelia莎士比亞寫的是Cordelia這個拼法 older British tellings had forms like Cordeilla比較早期的英國版本則有Cordeilla這樣的寫法 The name may come from the Latin saint's name Cordula這個名字可能來自拉丁文的聖徒名Cordula but that last step is only a possible link, not a sure one不過這最後一步只是一種可能的關聯，並不確定