王丹

WángDān

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Meanings

1 Wang Dan (1969-)
2 Chinese dissident and student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement

Characters

surname Wang; king

Examples

王丹是1989年学生运动的主要领袖之一。

Wáng Dān shì yī jiǔ bā jiǔ nián xuéshēng yùndòng de zhǔyào lǐngxiù zhī yī.

Wang Dan was one of the main leaders of the 1989 student movement.

他后来在哈佛大学取得了历史学博士学位。

Tā hòulái zài Hāfó Dàxué qǔdé le lìshǐxué bóshì xuéwèi.

He later earned a PhD in history from Harvard University.

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history

Peking University history student who topped the government's most-wanted list after the June 4th crackdown. Jailed twice in the 1990s, released into exile in 1998. Has taught at universities in the US and Taiwan; his name remains censored on mainland Chinese search engines.

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王 wáng

丹 dān