夏衍

Xià Yǎn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese playwright, screenwriter and pioneer of modern Chinese cinema

Characters

summer; surname

to develop; to spread

Examples

HSK 5

夏衍的报告文学《包身工》影响深远。

Xià Yǎn de bàogào wénxué 《 Bāoshēngōng 》 yǐngxiǎng shēnyuǎn.

Xia Yan's reportage "Indentured Labor" had a profound influence.

HSK 7-9

夏衍是中国现代戏剧和电影的奠基人之一。

Xià Yǎn shì Zhōngguó xiàndài xìjù hé diànyǐng de diànjīrén zhīyī.

Xia Yan was one of the founding figures of modern Chinese theater and film.

Tips

history

Xia Yan (born 沈乃熙) helped found the 中国左翼作家联盟 (League of Left-Wing Writers) in 1930s Shanghai. His 1936 reportage 《包身工》 (Indentured Labor) about female mill workers is required reading in Chinese high schools. He later served as Vice Minister of Culture in the PRC.

Stroke Order

夏 xià

衍 yǎn