董必武

Dǒng Bìwǔ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Dong Biwu, one of the founding members of the Chinese Communist Party and acting PRC head of state 1972–1975

About Dong Biwu

1886–1975 · 革命家 revolutionary

One of the 13 delegates at the first congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai in 1921. After 1949 he headed the Supreme People's Court and helped shape the laws of the new state.

Also called  董贤琮

Examples

HSK 5
Dǒng Bìwǔ shì Zhōng gòng Yídà de dàibiǎo zhīyī.
Dong Biwu was one of the delegates at the CCP's First Congress.
HSK 7-9
Dǒng Bìwǔ wǎnnián dānrèn guò dàilǐ guójiā zhǔxí.
Dong Biwu served as acting head of state in his later years.

Tips

history
He and 毛泽东 were the only delegates of the 1921 founding congress who were also present at the proclamation of the People's Republic in 1949. In 1945 he was the one Communist in China's delegation to the San Francisco conference and signed the UN Charter.

Stroke Order

董 Dǒng
必 bì
武 wǔ