左权

左權

Zuǒquán

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zuo Quan (1905-1942), Communist general killed in action fighting Japanese forces in the Taihang mountains

Characters

surname Zuo; left

power, authority

Examples

HSK 6

山西省左权县就是以他命名的。

Shānxīshěng Zuǒquán xiàn jiùshì yǐ tā mìngmíng de.

Zuoquan County in Shanxi is named after him.

HSK 7-9

左权将军是抗日战争中牺牲的最高级别八路军指挥官。

Zuǒquán jiāngjūn shì kàngrì zhànzhēng zhōng xīshēng de zuìgāo jíbié Bālùjūn zhǐhuīguān.

General Zuo Quan was the highest-ranking Eighth Route Army commander to die in the War of Resistance against Japan.

Tips

history

Zuo was deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army. He was killed in May 1942 during the Japanese mop-up of the Taihang base area. Liao County in Shanxi was renamed Zuoquan County in his honor.

Stroke Order

左 zuǒ

权 quán