Zhou En Lai

/ ɛn laɪ /

noun

1. the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese name for Chou En-lai

Zhou En-lai

1. A Chinese political leader of the twentieth century. Zhou was a founder of the Chinese Communist party and an ally of Mao Zedong. As China's premier, he helped establish closer relations between his country and Western nations in the 1970s.

Example Sentences

In 1972 Henry Kissinger is reputed to have asked Zhou En Lai, the former Chinese premier, what he thought of the French Revolution.

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Zhou En Lai's response: "It's too early to know".

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