Mei-ling (美齡) combines the Chinese měi (beautiful) and líng (jade tinkle, age). **Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003)** — "Madame Chiang Kai-shek" — was the **First Lady of the Republic of China for over four decades**. **The first Chinese national to address the U.S. Congress (1943)** in fluent English, she became the international face of China during WWII.
Lived to 105.
Mei-ling reduces to two — the number of Chinese First Lady.