李建成

Lǐ Jiànchéng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Li Jiancheng (589–626), eldest son of Li Yuan and crown prince of the Tang, killed by his brother Li Shimin in the Xuanwu Gate Incident

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Examples

HSK 3

李建成是李渊的长子，也是唐朝的太子。

Lǐ Jiànchéng shì Lǐ Yuān de zhǎngzǐ, yě shì Tángcháo de tàizǐ.

Li Jiancheng was Li Yuan's eldest son and the crown prince of the Tang.

HSK 6

在玄武门之变中，李世民杀死了哥哥李建成。

Zài Xuánwǔmén zhī Biàn zhōng, Lǐ Shìmín shāsǐ le gēge Lǐ Jiànchéng.

In the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Shimin killed his elder brother Li Jiancheng.

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history

His younger brother 李元吉 died with him at the gate. Within about two months their father had handed the throne to Li Shimin, who later gave Jiancheng the posthumous title 隐太子, the name histories use for him.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ

建 jiàn

成 chéng