张海迪

張海迪

Zhāng Hǎidí

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhang Haidi (1955-), writer and disability-rights advocate, chair of the China Disabled Persons' Federation

Characters

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Examples

HSK 6

八十年代她是全国青年学习的榜样。

Bāshí niándài tā shì quánguó qīngnián xuéxí de bǎngyàng.

In the 1980s she was the nation's youth role model.

HSK 7-9

张海迪从小瘫痪，却自学成才。

Zhāng Hǎidí cóngxiǎo tānhuàn, què zìxué-chéngcái.

Zhang Haidi was paralyzed from childhood, yet became accomplished through self-study.

Tips

history

Paralyzed from the chest down at age five, Zhang taught herself multiple languages and medicine. Deng Xiaoping inscribed a dedication to her in 1983, and she became the face of '80s 当代保尔 (contemporary Pavel Korchagin) - a Chinese symbol of perseverance.

Stroke Order

张 zhāng

海 hǎi

迪 dí