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陳菊市長
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內政部
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Chen Chu in August 2020
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總統府
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陳菊院長
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陈菊

陳菊
Chén Jú
proper noun

Meanings

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

About Chen Chu

born 1950 · 政治家 politician

Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party, mayor of Kaohsiung from 2006 to 2018 and head of Taiwan's Control Yuan, its audit and impeachment body, from 2020.

Also called  花妈

Examples

HSK 5
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
陈菊是民进党的资深政治人物。
Chén Jú shì Mínjìndǎng de zīshēn zhèngzhì rénwù.
Chen Chu is a senior political figure in the DPP.

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history
She spent over six years in prison after the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident, in Chinese 美丽岛事件, named after the opposition magazine 美丽岛, 'Formosa', whose rally set it off. Decades later she governed the same city as its mayor.

Stroke Order

陈 chén
菊 jú