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 5

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.

HSK 6

王丹是1989年学生运动的主要领袖之一。

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

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

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