李明

Lǐmíng

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Meanings

1 Li Ming (b. 1971), retired Chinese footballer who captained the national team and played in the 2002 World Cup
2 also an extremely common generic Chinese name used like 'John Smith' in textbook examples

Lǐ Míng shì 2002 nián Zhōngguó guójiāduì de zhǔlì qiúyuán.

Li Ming was a key player on China's 2002 national team.

Kèběn lǐ de zhǔréngōng zǒng shì jiào Lǐ Míng hé Wáng Fāng.

The protagonists in textbooks are always called Li Ming and Wang Fang.

culture

李明 is the archetypal placeholder name in Chinese-language textbooks — roughly the Mandarin equivalent of 'John' in English ESL material.

李 lǐ

明 míng