邵逸夫

Shào Yìfū

proper noun

Meanings

1 Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong media magnate and philanthropist

Characters

leisurely / escape

Examples

HSK 4

邵逸夫奖被称为"东方诺贝尔奖"。

Shào Yìfū jiǎng bèi chēngwéi " Dōngfāng Nuòbèi'ěrjiǎng ".

The Shaw Prize is called the Nobel of the East.

HSK 6

邵逸夫是TVB的创办人之一。

Shào Yìfū shì TVB de chuàngbàn rén zhīyī.

Run Run Shaw was one of the founders of TVB.

HSK 6

全国很多大学都有邵逸夫捐建的逸夫楼。

Quánguó hěnduō dàxué dōu yǒu Shào Yìfū juān jiàn de Yì fū lóu.

Many universities across China have a Yifu Building donated by Run Run Shaw.

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history

Born 邵仁楞 in Ningbo in 1907, Shao built Shaw Brothers Studio (邵氏兄弟) into Hong Kong’s dominant film house through the 1960s–70s, then co-founded TVB in 1967. He donated over HK$10 billion to education in mainland China, the thousands of 逸夫楼 on campuses are his legacy. Founded the Shaw Prize in 2002. Died in 2014 at age 107.

Stroke Order

邵 shào

逸 yì

夫 fū