董卿 (Dǒng Qīng) · Dong Qing, mainland Chinese television host…

Meanings

1 Dong Qing, mainland Chinese television host best known for anchoring the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for 13 consecutive years and the poetry show Chinese Poetry Conference (中国诗词大会)

About Dong Qing

born 1973 · 主持人 TV host

CCTV presenter, for years a host of the Spring Festival Gala, 春晚. On the poetry contest 中国诗词大会 and her reading show 朗读者 she became known for quoting classical poems from memory.

Characters

董

Dǒng

surname Dong; to direct

卿

qīng

minister; term of endearment

Examples

HSK 5

董卿连续主持了十三年的春晚。

Dǒng Qīng liánxù zhǔchí le shísān nián de Chūnwǎn.

Dong Qing hosted the Spring Festival Gala for thirteen years straight.

HSK 7-9

董卿在《朗读者》里展现了很深的文学修养。

Dǒng Qīng zài 《 Lǎngdúzhě 》 lǐ zhǎnxiàn le hěn shēn de wénxué xiūyǎng.

In The Reader, Dong Qing showed deep literary cultivation.

Tips

culture

The line people pin on her, 腹有诗书气自华, 'a belly full of poems and books gives natural grace', is by 苏轼, from a poem answering the farewell of a friend who was also a Dong, 董传.