范仲淹 fàn zhòng yān

Fan Zhongyan, famous Northern Song statesman

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), minister of Northern Song who led the failed reform of 1043, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼记yuè yáng lóu jì

Characters

Character Meaning
范 fàn HSK 5
model; example; pattern
仲 zhòng
second amongst brothers; middle; intermediate
淹 yān HSK 6
to flood; to submerge; to drown