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Photo
Contemporaine afb jeanne d arc
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Clément de Fauquembergue
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Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
Henry Beaufort and Joan of Arc 001
Licence
Public domain
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Wikimedia Commons
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贞德

貞德
Zhēndé
proper noun #20,896

Meanings

  1. 1 Joan of Arc

About Joan of Arc

c. 1412–1431 · 军事家 military leader

French peasant girl who said the voices of saints sent her to fight the English in the Hundred Years' War. She lifted the siege of Orléans in 1429, was burned at the stake in 1431, and was made a saint in 1920.

Also called  圣女贞德

Examples

HSK 6
Zhēndé shì Fǎguó lìshǐ shang zhùmíng de mínzú yīngxióng.
Joan of Arc is a famous national hero in French history.
HSK 6
Zhēndé zài Bǎinián Zhànzhēng zhōng lǐngdǎo Fǎ jūn qǔdé le zhòngdà shènglì.
Joan of Arc led the French army to major victories during the Hundred Years' War.

In Pop Culture

贞德 Zhēndé
Joan of Arc
French national heroine (1412-1431) who led French forces against the English in the Hundred Years' War; canonized as a saint in 1920; depicted in countless films, plays, and novels.

Stroke Order

贞 zhēn
德 dé