刘胡兰

劉胡蘭

Liú Húlán

proper noun

Meanings

1 Liu Hulan, Chinese Communist Party member and martyr
2 executed by Kuomintang forces at age 14 during the Chinese Civil War

About Liu Hulan

1932–1947 · 革命家 revolutionary

Shanxi village girl who joined the Communist Party at 13 and was executed by Yan Xishan's troops in 1947, at 14, after refusing to renounce it. Mao's words for her, "生的伟大, 死的光荣", are learned in school.

Also called 刘富兰

Characters

non-Han peoples, recklessly

兰

lán

orchid

Examples

HSK 7-9

刘胡兰是年龄最小的烈士之一。

Liú Húlán shì niánlíng zuì xiǎo de lièshì zhīyī.

Liu Hulan was one of the youngest revolutionary martyrs.

HSK 7-9

毛泽东为刘胡兰题词:生的伟大,死的光荣。

Máo Zédōng wèi Liú Húlán tící: shēng de wěidà, sǐ de guāngróng.

Mao Zedong inscribed for Liu Hulan: 'Great in life, glorious in death.'

Tips

culture

Her real name was 刘富兰: a Xinhua reporter misheard 富 as 胡, perhaps because local speech blurs f and h, and the wrong name spread before anyone could correct it.

Stroke Order

刘 Liú

胡 hú

兰 lán

刘胡兰