林则徐

Traditional: 林則徐

Lín Zé xú

Dictionary entry

Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842

What does 林则徐 mean?

林则徐 (Lín Zé xú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842

Character breakdown

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林Línsurname Lin · Japanese surname Hayashi 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then · (bound form) standard; norm 徐Xúsurname Xu

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林则徐

Lín Zé xú

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