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彭德怀

彭德懷
Péng Déhuái
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top Chinese communist general, commander of Chinese forces in the Korean War, purged by Mao for criticizing the Great Leap Forward at the Lushan Conference

Examples

HSK 4
彭德怀指挥了抗美援朝战争。
Péng Déhuái zhǐhuī le Kàngměiyuáncháo zhànzhēng.
Peng Dehuai commanded the War to Resist America and Aid Korea.
HSK 6
彭德怀在庐山会议上敢于直言。
Péng Déhuái zài Lúshān huìyì shang gǎnyú zhíyán.
Peng Dehuai dared to speak out bluntly at the Lushan Conference.

Tips

history
At the 1959 庐山会议, 彭德怀 wrote Mao a private letter pointing out the famine caused by the 大跃进 (Great Leap Forward). Mao turned it against him; 彭德怀 was stripped of power and later died of mistreatment during the Cultural Revolution. Rehabilitated posthumously in 1978.

Stroke Order

彭 Péng
德 dé
怀 huái