张海迪

張海迪

Zhāng Hǎidí

proper noun

Meanings

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

About Zhang Haidi

born 1955 · 作家 writer

Paralysed from the chest down at five, she taught herself foreign languages and medicine, and in the 1980s was held up to young Chinese as the 当代保尔, a modern Pavel Korchagin. She later led the China Disabled Persons' Federation.

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HSK 6

八十年代，张海迪是全国青年学习的榜样。

Bāshí niándài, Zhāng Hǎidí shì quánguó qīngnián xuéxí de bǎngyàng.

In the 1980s, Zhang Haidi was a role model for young people across the country.

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.

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history

The 保尔 of her title is Pavel Korchagin, hero of the Soviet novel 钢铁是怎样炼成的 (How the Steel Was Tempered), who keeps writing after paralysis and blindness. With no formal schooling, she went on to earn a master's in philosophy from Jilin University in 1993.

Stroke Order

张 zhāng

海 hǎi

迪 dí

张海迪