王丹

Wáng Dān

proper noun

Meanings

1 Wang Dan (1969-)
2 Chinese dissident and student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement

Characters

surname Wang; king

Examples

HSK 7-9

王丹是1989年学生运动的主要领袖之一。

Wáng Dān shì yījiǔbājiǔ nián xuésheng yùndòng de zhǔyào lǐngxiù zhīyī.

Wang Dan was one of the main leaders of the 1989 student movement.

HSK 7-9

他后来在哈佛大学取得了历史学博士学位。

Tā hòulái zài Hāfó Dàxué qǔdé le lìshǐ xué bóshì xuéwèi.

He later earned a PhD in history from Harvard University.

Tips

history

Peking University history student who topped the government's most-wanted list after the June 4th crackdown. Jailed twice in the 1990s, released into exile in 1998. Has taught at universities in the US and Taiwan; his name remains censored on mainland Chinese search engines.

Stroke Order

王 wáng

丹 dān