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He Long
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​《解放军画报》记者 林扬
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贺龙

賀龍
Hè Lóng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 He Long, PLA Marshal and early communist military leader

About He Long

1896–1969 · 军事家 military leader

One of the 十大元帅 of the People's Liberation Army. A Hunan rebel who, the story goes, began his revolt with two kitchen knives, he led troops in the 1927 Nanchang Uprising and died after persecution in the Cultural Revolution.

Also called  贺文常

Examples

HSK 4
贺龙是中国人民解放军的开国元帅之一。
Hè Lóng shì Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn de kāiguó yuánshuài zhīyī.
He Long was one of the founding Marshals of the PLA.
HSK 4
贺龙参加了著名的南昌起义。
Hè Lóng cānjiā le zhùmíng de Nánchāng Qǐyì.
He Long took part in the famous Nanchang Uprising.

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culture
Many still call him 贺老总 'Old Chief He' or 贺胡子 'Mustachio He'. His legend is summed up as 两把菜刀闹革命, 'starting a revolution with two kitchen knives', and after 1949 he also ran China's national sports commission.

Stroke Order

贺 hè
龙 lóng