南陈北李

南陳北李

nán Chén běi Lǐ

phrase

Meanings

1 Chen in the south and Li in the north: Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao
2 Chen Jingzong and Li Shimian, heads of the Ming imperial academies in Nanjing and Beijing

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

南陈北李分别在上海和北京建立了最早的共产党组织。

Nán Chén běi Lǐ fēnbié zài Shànghǎi hé Běijīng jiànlì le zuì zǎo de gòngchǎndǎng zǔzhī.

Chen in the south and Li in the north set up the earliest Communist Party groups, in Shanghai and in Beijing.

HSK 7-9

李大钊护送陈独秀离开北京时，南陈北李在路上商量了建党的事。

Lǐ Dàzhāo hùsòng Chén Dúxiù líkāi Běijīng shí, nán Chén běi Lǐ zài lùshang shāngliang le jiàndǎng de shì.

As Li Dazhao escorted Chen Duxiu out of Beijing, the two of them talked on the road about founding a party.

Tips

history

陈独秀 worked in Shanghai and 李大钊 in Beijing, and accounts of the founding of the Communist Party of China in 1921 name the pair this way. An older use from the Ming dynasty paired two heads of the imperial academies, 陈敬宗 in Nanjing and 李时勉 in Beijing.

Stroke Order

南 nán

陈 chén

北 běi

李 lǐ