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SBTG: Sun Yatsen

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ID: 0908 Upper Intermediate
So much more than just the name of your favorite Chinese garden in Vancouver. Sun Yatsen is often considered the founder of modern China. With such an impressive title, surely us Chinese learners should learn a little more about him and what he stood for. You can, in this podcast. Learn about this famous figure in Chinese history in Mandarin.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
辛亥革命 Xīnhài gémìng Xin Hai revolution
推翻 tuīfān to topple
满清政府 Mǎnqīng zhèngfǔ Manchurian government
孙中山 Sūnzhōngshān Sun Yatsen
同学们今天我们要讲的是一位革命家他领导辛亥革命推翻满清政府知道他是谁吗
tóngxué men 同学们jīntiān 今天wǒmen 我们yào 要jiǎng 讲de 的shì 是yī 一wèi 位gémìngjiā 革命家tā 他lǐngdǎo 领导Xīnhài gémìng 辛亥革命tuīfān 推翻Mǎnqīng zhèngfǔ 满清政府zhīdào 知道tā 他shì 是shéi 谁ma 吗
Students, today we want to talk about a revolutionary. He led the 1911 Revolution, overthrowing the Manchurian government. Do you know who he is?
是孙中山
shì 是Sūnzhōngshān 孙中山
It was 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
ng4 嗯Chén Lěi 陈磊shuō 说de 得duì 对Sūn Zhōngshān 孙中山shì 是Zhōngguó 中国mínzhǔ 民主gémìng 革命de 的xiānxíngzhě 先行者tā 他jiànlì 建立le 了Zhōnghuámínguó 中华民国yě shì 也是Zhōngguó Guómíndǎng 中国国民党de 的chuàngdǎngrén 创党人zhīyī 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.
老师他好像有好多名字
lǎoshī 老师tā 他hǎoxiàng 好像yǒu 有hǎo 好duō 多míngzi 名字
Teacher, doesn't he have a whole bunch of names?
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