Sun Yat-sen
1866–1925, Chinese political and revolutionary leader.
- Also Pinyin, Sun Yi·xian [soon-yee-shyahn]. /ˈsun ˈyiˈʃyɑn/.
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How to use Sun Yat-sen in a sentence
But the latter did interfere, and Sun Yat Sen was released after several days.
International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) | Lassa Francis OppenheimBut the death of Sun Yat-sen had been followed after a time by tension within the party between its right and left wings.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] | Wolfram EberhardThus there were disturbances, especially in the south, where Sun Yat-sen with his followers agitated for a democratic republic.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] | Wolfram EberhardThis is the most critical of the biographies of Sun Yat-sen.
Government in Republican China | Paul Myron Anthony LinebargerThe plot failed, and fifteen out of the sixteen conspirators were arrested and executed; Sun Yat-sen alone escaped.
China and the Manchus | Herbert Allen Giles
British Dictionary definitions for Sun Yat-sen
/ (ˈsʊn ˈjɑːtˈsɛn) /
1866–1925, Chinese statesman, who was instrumental in the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty and was the first president of the Republic of China (1911). He reorganized the Kuomintang
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