陈竺

陳竺

Chénzhú

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chen Zhu (1953–), Chinese hematologist and politician, Minister of Health 2007–2013, Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee

Characters

to display; surname

(archaic form of 'bamboo'); surname

Examples

HSK 4

陈竺曾任中国卫生部部长。

Chénzhú céng rèn Zhōngguó Wèishēngbù bùzhǎng.

Chen Zhu once served as China's Minister of Health.

HSK 7-9

陈竺在急性早幼粒细胞白血病研究上贡献卓著。

Chénzhú zài jíxìng zǎo yòu lì xìbāo báixuèbìng yánjiū shàng gòngxiàn zhuózhù.

Chen Zhu made outstanding contributions to research on acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Tips

history

Member of the non-Communist 农工民主党 rather than the CCP - one of the few post-1949 health ministers from outside the Party. Internationally recognized for work combining all-trans retinoic acid with arsenic trioxide to treat 急性早幼粒细胞白血病 (APL), turning a once-fatal leukemia into one of the most curable.

Stroke Order

陈 chén

竺 zhú