张国荣 (Zhāng Guóróng) · Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong Cantopop…

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1 Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor, icon of the Hong Kong Golden Age

About Leslie Cheung

1956–2003 · 歌手 singer

Hong Kong singer and actor, a Cantopop star who played a Peking opera actor in 霸王别姬 and starred in 春光乍泄. Fans call him 哥哥 (big brother) and gather every 1 April, the day he died.

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HSK 5

张国荣在《霸王别姬》中的表演令人难忘。

Zhāng Guóróng zài 《 Bàwáng Bié Jī 》 zhōng de biǎoyǎn lìng rén nánwàng.

Leslie Cheung's performance in Farewell My Concubine is unforgettable.

HSK 5

每年四月一日，许多歌迷都会纪念张国荣。

Měi nián sìyuè yī rì, xǔduō gēmí dōu huì jìniàn Zhāng Guóróng.

Every year on April 1st, many fans commemorate Leslie Cheung.

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He was born 张发宗, the youngest of ten children, and named himself Leslie after Leslie Howard of Gone with the Wind, liking that the name could be a man's or a woman's. In Cantonese his name is Cheung Kwok-wing.