Friedrich Engels, photo 1 of 2
Friedrich Engels, photo 2 of 2

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Friedrich Engels portrait (cropped)
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William Hall
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Engels friedrich old
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恩格斯

Ēngésī
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Friedrich Engels
  2. 2 German philosopher and co-founder of Marxism with Karl Marx

About Friedrich Engels

1820–1895 · 思想家 thinker

German thinker who wrote 共产党宣言 (The Communist Manifesto) with 马克思 and edited the last volumes of 资本论 (Das Kapital) after Marx died. Chinese students study both in political theory classes.

Also called  弗里德里希·恩格斯

Examples

HSK 6
Ēngésī hé Mǎkèsī gòngtóng chuànglì le Mǎkèsīzhǔyì.
Engels and Marx together founded Marxism.
HSK 7-9
《 Gòngchǎndǎng Xuānyán 》 yóu Mǎkèsī hé Ēngésī hézhù.
The Communist Manifesto was co-authored by Marx and Engels.

Tips

history
Engels went back to his family's firm in Manchester in 1850 and stayed nearly twenty years, a trade he called 'purgatory', largely so that he could keep sending money to Marx.

Stroke Order

恩 ēn
格 gé
斯 sī