复旦

復旦

Fùdàn

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Meanings

1 Fudan University (top-tier research university in Shanghai)

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Examples

她考上了复旦的新闻系。

Tā kǎoshàng le Fùdàn de xīnwén xì.

She got into Fudan's journalism department.

复旦和交大是上海的两大名校。

Fùdàn hé Jiāodà shì Shànghǎi de liǎng dà míngxiào.

Fudan and Jiao Tong are Shanghai's two top universities.

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Short for 复旦大学. Founded 1905. Name comes from the Classic of Documents 《尚书·大传》: 日月光华，旦复旦兮 ('sun and moon shine on, dawn after dawn') — signaling rebirth as a Chinese-run school after the fall of Fudan's predecessor. One of China's C9 League elite universities.

Stroke Order

复 fù

旦 dàn