陈武

陳武

Chén Wǔ

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chen Wu, general of Eastern Wu under Sun Quan during the late Han / Three Kingdoms era

About Chen Wu

died 215 · 军事家 military leader

General who served the warlord 孙权 at the end of the Han dynasty. He fell in Sun Quan's attack on Hefei, the battle in which 张辽 routed the much larger southern army with 800 men.

Also called 子烈

Characters

陈

chén

surname Chen; to arrange; old

武

wǔ

military; martial

Examples

HSK 7-9

陈武是孙权手下的猛将。

Chén Wǔ shì Sūn Quán shǒuxià de měngjiàng.

Chen Wu was a fierce general under Sun Quan.

HSK 7-9

陈武在合肥之战中战死。

Chén Wǔ zài Héféi zhī zhàn zhōng zhànsǐ.

Chen Wu died in battle during the Battle of Hefei.

Tips

history

孙权 mourned him in person at his funeral, and one early account says he had Chen Wu's favourite concubine buried with him, a cruelty the Jin historian Sun Sheng condemned. The novel 《三国演义》 has him killed by 庞德.

Stroke Order

陈 chén

武 wǔ

陈武