Margaret Thatcher, photo 1 of 2
Margaret Thatcher, photo 2 of 2

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Photo
Margaret Thatcher (1983)
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Rob Bogaerts
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Margaret Thatcher
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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撒切尔

撒切爾
Sāqiē'ěr
proper noun #27,098

Meanings

  1. 1 Thatcher (surname transliteration)
  2. 2 Margaret Thatcher (British Prime Minister)

About Margaret Thatcher

1925–2013 · 政治家 politician

British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, the first woman in the post, called the "Iron Lady". She signed the 1984 中英联合声明 that returned Hong Kong to China in 1997.

Also called  撒切尔夫人、 玛格丽特·撒切尔、 柴契尔

Examples

HSK 6
Sāqiē'ěr fūrén shì Yīngguó dìyī wèi nǚ shǒuxiàng.
Mrs. Thatcher was the UK's first female Prime Minister.
HSK 7-9
Sāqiē'ěr zhízhèng qījiān tuīxíng le yíxìliè jīngjì gǎigé.
During Thatcher's time in power, a series of economic reforms were implemented.

Tips

usage
Chinese calls her 铁娘子, 'iron lady', a label the Soviet defence ministry's paper Red Star gave her in 1976 to attack a speech of hers against the USSR; she welcomed it. Hong Kong writes her name 戴卓尔.

Stroke Order

撒 sā
切 qiē
尔 ěr