1a common Chinese personal name (黄 surname + 建华 'build China'); notable bearer: Huang Jianhua (1936–2012, lexicographer, editor-in-chief of the 《法汉大词典》 Grand French-Chinese Dictionary)
Professor Huang Jianhua was editor-in-chief of the Grand French-Chinese Dictionary.
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history
Huang Jianhua spent nearly two decades compiling the 法汉大词典 (2003) at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, a 4000-page work still considered the definitive Chinese reference for French.
culture
建华 ('build China', with 华 as the poetic name for China) is a classic patriotic given name from the 1950s-60s, in the same mould as 建国 and 建军.
