孙中山 (孫中山)
Sūn Zhōng shān
Pinyin
Definition
孙中山 (孫中山)
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- Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党
- same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一矢中的
- 1 to hit the target with a single shot
- 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
- 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
- 2 to say sth spot on
不识泰山
- 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不显山不露水
- 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
Sample Sentences
成王败寇嘛,我们对蒋介石的了解肯定很片面。老蒋肯定还是有两把刷子的,不然孙中山怎么会挑他当接班人。
The winner becomes the king, but the loser becomes the invader. Our understanding of Chiang Kai-shek is just on the surface. Old Chiang was definitely very capable, otherwise why would Sun Yat-sen choose him to be his successor?
奇怪,你们怎么都对这些感兴趣。逛完淮海路再去一下思南路。是一条很短的非主流马路。两旁是高大的法国梧桐,和精致的小洋房,非常幽静。周公馆就在思南路上。孙中山故居也在附近。
It's so strange. Why are all you guys interested in that stuff? After we're done walking along Huaihai Road, we can go to Sinan Road. It's a very short road off the beaten path that's lined with plane trees and exquisite Western buildings on either side; it's extremely tranquil. The Zhou Gongguan is on Sinan Road and Sun Yat-sen's former residence is also nearby.
孙中山,蒋介石,还有利玛窦。哦,不对,利玛窦是外国人。第三个是......太平天国的洪秀全。
Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kaishek, and Matteo Ricci. Oh wait, that's wrong, Matteo Ricci was a foreigner. The third is...Hong Xiuquan from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
林峰说国际视角,其实孙中山正是有国际视角的革命家。他在不同的国家学习、生活过,思想开明。大家现在把书翻到第二十页。陈磊,读一下孙中山提出的三民主义。
Lin Feng calls it a global perspective, actually Sun Yatsen was a revolutionary with a global perspective. He was educated in and had lived in different countries, so he was very open-minded. Everyone, take your books and turn to page twenty. Chen Lei, read for us the Three People's Principles as set out by Sun Yatsen.
嗯,陈磊说得对。孙中山是中国民主革命的先行者。他建立了中华民国,也是中国国民党的创党人之一。
Uh-huh, Chen Lei is correct. Sun Yatsen was the forerunner of the Chinese democratic revolution. He is also one of the founders of the Chinese Nationalist Party.
是孙中山。
It was Sun Yatsen.
哇,孙中山长得真严肃,一看就是忧国忧民的人。
Wow, Sun Yatsen looks really solemn. As soon as you look at him you can tell he was a person who was very concerned about his nation and its people.