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袁隆平

Yuánlóngpíng
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Meanings

  1. 1 Yuan Longping (1930–2021), Chinese agronomist known as the 'Father of Hybrid Rice' for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s

Examples

袁隆平被誉为杂交水稻之父。
Yuánlóngpíng bèi yù wéi zájiāo shuǐdào zhī fù.
Yuan Longping is hailed as the 'Father of Hybrid Rice'.
袁隆平的研究解决了很多国家的粮食问题。
Yuánlóngpíng de yánjiū jiějué le hěnduō guójiā de liángshi wèntí.
Yuan Longping's research solved food problems in many countries.

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history
Starting in 1973, Yuan's team bred the first commercial three-line hybrid rice, roughly doubling traditional yields. His varieties are now planted across South and Southeast Asia and are credited with feeding hundreds of millions of additional people.
culture
When Yuan died in May 2021, thousands lined the streets of Changsha in the rain for his funeral procession — a rare spontaneous public mourning in modern China. He is often paired in headlines with 钟南山 as a national symbol of scientists serving the public good.

Stroke Order

袁 yuán
隆 lóng
平 píng