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Lee Kuan Yew
By
Robert D. Ward
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Wikimedia Commons
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Mr. Lee Kuan Yew Mayoral reception 1965
By
A.K. Bristow
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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李光耀

Lǐ Guāngyào
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Lee Kuan Yew
  2. 2 founding prime minister of Singapore (1959-1990)

About Lee Kuan Yew

1923–2015 · 政治家 politician

Prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, through its 1965 split from Malaysia and its rise to a rich trading city. He started the 讲华语运动 to make Mandarin the shared language of Chinese Singaporeans.

Examples

HSK 6
李光耀的治国理念至今仍有广泛的影响。
Lǐ Guāngyào de zhìguó lǐniàn zhìjīn réng yǒu guǎngfàn de yǐngxiǎng.
Lee Kuan Yew's philosophy of governance remains widely influential today.
HSK 7-9
李光耀把新加坡从一个小渔村建成了国际大都市。
Lǐ Guāngyào bǎ Xīnjiāpō cóng yí ge xiǎo yú cūn jiànchéng le guójì dàdūshì.
Lee Kuan Yew built Singapore from a small fishing village into an international metropolis.

Tips

history
He grew up speaking English and took up Mandarin only as a young man. At 81 he was still at it: his 2005 book 《学语致用》 (Keeping My Mandarin Alive), a play on 学以致用 'study to put it to use', tells of his struggles as a learner.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ
光 guāng
耀 yào