陈菊

陳菊

Chén Jú

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chen Chu (born 1950), Taiwanese politician
2 long-serving mayor of Kaohsiung (2006-2018) and prominent figure in the Democratic Progressive Party

Characters

to display (surname Chen)

Examples

HSK 4

陈菊曾担任高雄市市长。

Chén Jú céng dānrèn Gāoxióngshì shìzhǎng.

Chen Chu served as mayor of Kaohsiung.

HSK 7-9

她是民进党的资深政治人物。

Tā shì Mín jìn dǎng de zīshēn zhèngzhì rénwù.

She is a senior political figure in the DPP.

Tips

history

Chen was imprisoned for six years after the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident (美丽岛事件), a turning point in Taiwan's transition from martial law to democracy. Decades later she would govern the same city as mayor.

Stroke Order

陈 chén

菊 jú