Lin Biao
/lɪnˈbjaʊ/(亦作Lin Piao)
- (1908-71) , Chinese communist statesman and general. He was nominated to become Mao's successor in 1969. Having staged an unsuccessful coup in 1971, he was reported to have been killed in a plane crash while fleeing to the Soviet Union.林彪（1908-1971, 中共政治家、将军, 1969年被指定为毛泽东的接班人, 1971年发动政变未遂, 据报道, 在逃往苏联途中因飞机坠毁而身亡）。