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Sun Yat-sen

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Noun

1. sun yat-sen, sun yixian

Chinese statesman who organized the Kuomintang and led the revolution that overthrew the Manchu dynasty in 1911 and 1912 (1866-1925)

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Sun Yat-sen

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noun
1866–1925, Chinese statesman, who was instrumental in the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty and was the first president of the Republic of China (1911). He reorganized the Kuomintang

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Sun Yat-sen

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1866-1925; Chin. political & revolutionary leader
see also Chinese Revolution

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Sun Yat-sen

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Chinese politician who was elected provisional president of the republic after the fall of the Qing Dynasty (1911). He relinquished the presidency to Yuan Shikai (1912) but later opposed him and formed a military government in southern China.

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