聂荣臻

聶榮臻

Niè Róngzhēn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Nie Rongzhen (1899-1992), PRC Marshal, one of the Ten Marshals, leader of China's nuclear and missile programs

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Examples

聂荣臻元帅主持了中国早期的核武器研制。

Niè Róngzhēn yuánshuài zhǔchí le Zhōngguó zǎoqī de héwǔqì yánzhì.

Marshal Nie Rongzhen oversaw China's early nuclear weapons development.

他是十大元帅之一。

Tā shì shí dàyuánshuài zhīyī.

He was one of the Ten Marshals.

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history

After studying in France and the USSR alongside Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping, Nie became a key PLA commander. From 1956 he ran the 两弹一星 program (atom bomb, missile, satellite), personally shepherding the 1964 nuclear test and 1970 Dongfanghong-1 satellite launch.

Stroke Order

聂 Niè

荣 róng

臻 zhēn