趙紫陽 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 赵紫阳 zhàozǐyáng ㄓㄠˋ ㄗˇ ㄧㄤˊ Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then Character by character 趙(zhào)surname Zhao 紫(zǐ)purple 陽(yáng)positive A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0