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Aung San Suu Kyi: The woman the generals feared most is free again
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áng shān sù jì昂山素季shìmiǎn diān缅甸hěnyǒu míng有名dezhèng zhì rén wù政治人物guònuò bèi ěr hé píng jiǎng诺贝尔和平奖

Aung San Suu Kyi is a very famous political figure in Myanmar, and she also won the Nobel Peace Prize.

jūn fāng军方yī yàng一样yīn wèi因为hěnduōrén mín人民zhī chí支持xī wàng希望láiguǎn lǐ管理guó jiā国家

She is different from the military because many people support her and hope she will govern the country.

1988 nián1988年43 suì43岁deběn lái本来jiā rén家人zhùzàiyīng guó英国méi yǒu没有zhèng zhì政治jīng yàn经验

In 1988, when she was 43, she was living with her family in the United Kingdom and had no political experience.

hòu lái后来hěnduōrénqǐngchū lái出来lǐng dǎo领导mín zhǔ民主yùn dòng运动yīn wèi因为shìmiǎn diān缅甸dú lì独立yīng xióng英雄denǚ ér女儿

Later, many people asked her to lead the democracy movement because she was the daughter of Myanmar’s independence hero.

cóngnà shí那时yì zhí一直fǎn duì反对gōng píng公平detǒng zhì统治gǔ lì鼓励dà jiā大家yònghé píng和平defāng fǎ方法zhēng qǔ争取gǎi biàn改变

Since then, she has opposed unjust rule and encouraged everyone to seek change through peaceful methods.

demù biāo目标hěnqīng chǔ清楚jiù shì就是jié shù结束dú cái独裁jiàn lì建立mín zhǔ民主ràngrén mín人民yǒupíng děng平等dequán lì权利zūn yán尊严

Her goal was very clear: to end dictatorship, build democracy, and give the people equal rights and dignity.

yīn wèi因为hěnshòurén mín人民huān yíng欢迎jūn fāng军方zài1989 nián1989年kāi shǐ开始ruǎn jìn软禁

Because she was very popular with the people, the military placed her under house arrest in 1989.

sān shí duō nián三十多年yǒuèr shí nián二十年dōubèiguānzàijiā lǐ家里zuì jìn jǐ nián最近几年háizuòguòláo

Over more than thirty years, she spent twenty years under house arrest, and in recent years she was also imprisoned.

xiàn zài现在dà jiā大家zhōng yú终于děng dào等到leyí gè一个zhòng yào重要xiāo xī消息yòubèishì fàng释放le

Now, everyone has finally received important news: she has been released again.

hěnduōrénxī wàng希望hěnkuàinéngzài cì再次tīng dào听到deshēng yīn声音

Many people hope to hear her voice again soon.

By Fiorella Carollo / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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