雷宇

Léi Yǔ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Lei Yu (1935-2024, former Governor of Hainan Administrative District, involved in the 1985 Hainan car import scandal)
  2. 2 a common Chinese personal name (雷 surname + 宇 'universe')

Examples

HSK 1
Wǒ érzi de tóngxué jiào Léi Yǔ.
My son's classmate is called Lei Yu.
HSK 7-9
Léi Yǔ zài 1980 niándài dānrèn Hǎinán xíngzhèngqū zhǔyào lǐngdǎo.
Lei Yu served as a top leader of Hainan Administrative District in the 1980s.

Tips

history
Lei Yu is best known for the 1984-85 Hainan car import affair - his administration resold tens of thousands of duty-free imported cars to the mainland at a profit. He was removed but later rehabilitated, and the case became a famous episode of early reform-era economic chaos.

Stroke Order

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