Soong Ching-ling, photo 1 of 3
Soong Ching-ling, photo 2 of 3
Soong Ching-ling, photo 3 of 3

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Soong Ching-ling
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Soong Ching Ling 1920 shanghai
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China Soong Ching Ling Foundation
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Soong Ching-ling and children at China Welfare Institute
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宋庆龄

宋慶齡
Sòng Qìnglíng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Soong Ching-ling, Chinese political figure
  2. 2 second wife of Sun Yat-sen, later Honorary President of the People's Republic of China

About Soong Ching-ling

1893–1981 · 政治家 politician

Wife of 孙中山 and the second of the 宋氏三姐妹, the three Soong sisters; her sister 宋美龄 married 蒋介石. She stayed on the mainland after 1949, became Vice Chair of the PRC and founded the China Welfare Institute.

Examples

HSK 6
Sòng Qìnglíng shì Sūn Zhōngshān de fūrén.
Soong Ching-ling was the wife of Sun Yat-sen.
HSK 7-9
Sòng Qìnglíng chángqī zhìlìyú fùnǚ hé értóng fúlì shìyè.
Soong Ching-ling devoted herself for many years to women's and children's welfare.

Tips

culture
The three sisters' lives are summed up in the saying 一个爱钱,一个爱权,一个爱国: 'one loved money, one loved power, one loved her country', meaning Ai-ling, Mei-ling and Ching-ling, in that order.

Stroke Order

宋 Sòng
庆 qìng
龄 líng