胡耀邦

Húyàobāng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), reformist General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1982-1987, whose death triggered the 1989 Tiananmen protests

Characters

to shine, dazzle

Examples

胡耀邦是改革开放早期的重要领导人。

Húyàobāng shì gǎigé kāifàng zǎoqī de zhòngyào lǐngdǎorén.

Hu Yaobang was an important leader in the early reform and opening-up era.

1989年他去世后，学生们自发聚集悼念。

Yī jiǔ bā jiǔ nián tā qùshì hòu, xuéshēng men zìfā jùjí dàoniàn.

After his death in 1989, students spontaneously gathered to mourn him.

Tips

history

胡耀邦 led the rehabilitation of Cultural Revolution victims and is remembered as one of the most liberal-minded reformers in the CCP. Forced to resign in 1987 for being 'too soft' on student protests, his sudden death from a heart attack on April 15, 1989 sparked the student gatherings in Tiananmen Square that grew into the June Fourth movement.

Stroke Order

胡 hú

耀 yào

邦 bāng