燕太子丹 yān tài zǐ dān

Prince Dan of Yan, enemy of Qin emperor

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇qín shǐ huáng) by Jing Ke 荆轲jīng kē in 227 BC

Characters

Character Meaning
燕 yān
swallow (family Hirundinidae); variant of 燕yàn
太 tài HSK 1
too (much); very; extremely
子 zǐ HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child
丹 dān
red; cinnabar; powder