王明

Wáng Míng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Wang Ming
2 Soviet-trained early CCP leader, rival of Mao Zedong

About Wang Ming

1904–1974 · 政治家 politician

Moscow-trained leader of the "28 Bolsheviks" who took charge of the Communist Party in 1931, then lost the struggle for its leadership to 毛泽东. He left for the Soviet Union in 1956 and died in Moscow.

Also called 陈绍禹

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Examples

HSK 5

王明是中共早期的重要领导人之一。

Wáng Míng shì Zhōng gòng zǎoqī de zhòngyào lǐngdǎorén zhīyī.

Wang Ming was one of the major early leaders of the Chinese Communist Party.

HSK 7-9

王明的路线后来受到了毛泽东的批判。

Wáng Míng de lùxiàn hòulái shòudào le Máo Zédōng de pīpàn.

Wang Ming's political line was later criticized by Mao Zedong.

Tips

history

His Moscow-trained group was nicknamed the 二十八个半布尔什维克, 'twenty-eight and a half Bolsheviks'. The 'half' was 徐以新, then a 17- or 18-year-old whose views kept wavering.

Stroke Order

王 wáng

明 míng

王明