Yüan Shih-kai

[ yyahn shee-kahy ]

noun

1. 1859–1916, president of China 1912–16.

Example Sentences

The cast teems: look closely and you’ll find Chow Yun-Fat as Yuan Yuan Shih-kai, the delusional early president of the Republic of China, and the director John Woo as the future president Lin Sen. As the firebrand intellectual Chen Duxiu, Feng Yuanzheng is a forceful presence.

From New York Times

Yet the rebellion in South China in nineteen-eleven, which brought about the presidency of Yuan Shih-Kai, must have seemed puny in its first stages.

From Project Gutenberg

Our cause was progressing slowly when the revolution against the Manchus came; then Yuan Shih-kai, and the restoration of Tubdan Gyatso.

From Project Gutenberg

"Otherwise," he said, "I'd become another Yuan Shih-kai."

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus it will be under the banner of Dictator Chang Tso-lin that the vengeance brigades of Yuan Shih-kai's relatives will fight.

From Time Magazine Archive