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陈水扁

陳水扁
Chén Shuǐbiǎn
proper noun #98,491

Meanings

  1. 1 Chen Shui-bian, Taiwanese DPP politician, leader of Taiwan 2000-2008, later convicted of corruption

About Chen Shui-bian

born 1950 · 政治家 politician

Politician of the 民进党 who led Taiwan from 2000 to 2008, the first leader from outside the 国民党. After leaving office he was convicted of corruption and jailed.

Also called  阿扁

Examples

HSK 4
陈水扁当过台北市长。
Chén Shuǐbiǎn dāng guo Táiběi shìzhǎng.
Chen Shui-bian was once mayor of Taipei.
HSK 7-9
陈水扁卸任后因贪污罪入狱。
Chén Shuǐbiǎn xièrèn hòu yīn tānwū zuì rùyù.
After leaving office, Chen Shui-bian was jailed for corruption.

Tips

history
On the eve of his 2004 re-election he and his running mate 吕秀莲 were wounded by gunshots in Tainan; he won by 0.228%. His 2009 life sentence was cut to 20 years on appeal.
culture
His father had a monk name him 水遍, but the household-registration clerk wrote 扁 'flat' for 遍, and the family let the mistake stand. That 扁 is the one in his nickname 阿扁.

Stroke Order

陈 chén
水 shuǐ
扁 biǎn