王珏

Wángjué

proper noun

Meanings

1 Wang Jue (1918–2016), veteran Taiwanese actor with a film and TV career spanning over seventy years

王珏演了一辈子戏,九十多岁还在拍电影。

Wángjué yǎn le yíbèizi xì, jiǔshí duō suì hái zài pāi diànyǐng.

Wang Jue acted his whole life — he was still making films in his nineties.

王珏是华语影坛的老前辈。

Wángjué shì huáyǔ yǐngtán de lǎoqiánbèi.

Wang Jue was a veteran elder of Chinese-language cinema.

memory

珏 (jué) means 'two pieces of jade joined together' — look at the character: 王 + 王. You may see it in names but almost never in everyday vocabulary.

王 wáng

珏 jué