陈圆圆

陳圓圓

Chén Yuányuán

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chen Yuanyuan, late Ming courtesan who became the concubine of the general Wu Sangui

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Examples

HSK 4

陈圆圆是秦淮八艳之一。

Chén Yuányuán shì Qínhuái bāyàn zhīyī.

Chen Yuanyuan was one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai.

HSK 6

传说吴三桂为了陈圆圆，打开山海关让清兵入关。

Chuánshuō Wú Sānguì wèile Chén Yuányuán, dǎkāi Shānhǎiguān ràng Qīngbīng rùguān.

Legend says that Wu Sangui let the Qing army through the Shanhai Pass for the sake of Chen Yuanyuan.

Tips

history

In 1644 the rebel 李自成 took Beijing and his men seized her. 吴三桂, holding 山海关 for the Ming, then joined the Manchus instead of the rebels, and the Qing marched in. Historians doubt she was the real reason, but the poet 吴伟业's line 冲冠一怒为红颜, 'his rage lifted his cap, all for a beauty', fixed the story in memory.

Stroke Order

陈 chén

圆 yuán