Zhao Ziyang, photo 1 of 2

Zhao Ziyang, photo 2 of 2

赵紫阳

趙紫陽

Zhào Zǐyáng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhao Ziyang
2 reformist CCP General Secretary 1987-1989

About Zhao Ziyang

1919–2005 · 政治家 politician

Premier from 1980 to 1987 and Communist Party General Secretary from 1987 to 1989, he led early market reforms.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

赵紫阳在四川主持过农村改革。

Zhào Zǐyáng zài Sìchuān zhǔchí guo nóngcūn gǎigé.

Zhao Ziyang led rural reform in Sichuan.

HSK 7-9

赵紫阳是中国共产党的前总书记。

Zhào Zǐyáng shì Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng de qián zǒngshūjì.

Zhao Ziyang was a former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.

Tips

history

His farm reforms as Party chief of Sichuan in the late 1970s gave rise to the rhyme 要吃粮，找紫阳；要吃米，找万里, 'want grain, go to Ziyang; want rice, go to Wan Li', pairing him with 万里, who led the same reforms in Anhui.

Stroke Order

赵 Zhào

紫 zǐ

阳 yáng