Sun Yat-sen

[ soon-yaht-sen ]

/ ˈsʊn ˈyɑtˈsɛn /

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noun

1866–1925, Chinese political and revolutionary leader.

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Also Pinyin, Sun Yi·xian

[soon-yee-shyahn]. /ˈsun ˈyiˈʃyɑn/.

Words nearby Sun Yat-sen

sunward, sunwards, sun wheel, sunwise, Sunyata, Sun Yat-sen, suo jure, suo loco, Suomi, suovetaurilia, sup

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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 Oppenheim
But 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 Eberhard
Thus 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 Eberhard
This is the most critical of the biographies of Sun Yat-sen.
Government in Republican China|Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

The 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

Sun Yat-sen

/ (ˈsʊn ˈjɑːtˈsɛn) /

noun

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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