李林

LǐLín

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Meanings

1 Li Lin (common Chinese personal name; also the name of a celebrated female anti-Japanese resistance fighter)

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Examples

李林是抗日战争中的英雄。

Lǐ Lín shì Kàng-Rì Zhànzhēng zhōng de yīngxióng.

Li Lin was a heroine of the War of Resistance against Japan.

今天李林有事请假。

Jīntiān Lǐ Lín yǒu shì qǐngjià.

Li Lin has taken leave today for personal matters.

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history

Li Lin (李林, 1915–1940) was a female cavalry commander in the Communist Eighth Route Army. Born in Fujian and raised in Java, she returned to China to fight the Japanese and died in battle in Shanxi at 24. She is still honored as 'the first overseas-Chinese heroine' in PRC history textbooks.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ

林 lín