林则徐 in English Lin2 Ze2 xu2 Meaning

Meanings

  • 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

Simplified Characters

林 则 徐

Traditional Characters

林 則 徐

Pinyin

Lin2 Ze2 xu2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

林lin2surname Lin 则ze2(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but 徐xu2surname Xu