钱学森

錢學森

Qián Xuésēn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese aerospace engineer and cyberneticist
2 father of China's missile and space programs

Characters

money (surname Qian)

Examples

HSK 6

他放弃美国的一切回到祖国。

Tā fàngqì Měiguó de yíqiè huídào zǔguó.

He gave up everything in America and returned to his homeland.

HSK 7-9

钱学森被誉为中国航天之父。

Qián Xuésēn bèi yùwéi Zhōngguó Hángtiān zhī fù.

Qian Xuesen is hailed as the father of Chinese aerospace.

Tips

history

Co-founder of Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, he was detained in the US for five years during the McCarthy era on suspicion of communist sympathies, then traded back to China in 1955 - and went on to lead the Dongfeng missile and Long March rocket programs.

Stroke Order

钱 qián

学 xué

森 sēn