Beginning of the Great Revival

Beginning of the Great Revival 2011

建党伟业 jiàndǎng wěiyè

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

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5.14 Advanced Director Han Sanping, Huang Jianxin 🍅 25%

Cast

Andy Lau Andy Lau Cai E Chow Yun-Fat Chow Yun-Fat Yuan Shikai Nick Cheung Ka-Fai Nick Cheung Ka-Fai Liang Qichao Daniel Wu Daniel Wu Hu Shi Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai Fan Yuanlian Liu Ye Liu Ye Mao Zedong Chen Kun Chen Kun Zhou Enlai Chang Chen Chang Chen Chiang Kai-shek John Woo John Woo Lin Sen Li Qin Li Qin Yang Kaihui

Vocabulary

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北洋政府 北洋政府 Běi yáng zhèng fǔ the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
孔子 孔子 Kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
共产党宣言 共產黨宣言 Gòng chǎn dǎng Xuān yán Manifesto of the Communist Party; "Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei" by Marx and Engels (1848) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
新军 新軍 Xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
溥仪 溥儀 Pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
马克思主义 馬克思主義 Mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì Marxism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
共产国际 共產國際 Gòng chǎn Guó jì Communist International or Comintern (1919-1943), also known as the Third International Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
同盟会 同盟會 Tóng méng huì Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美利坚 美利堅 Měi lì jiān America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凤仙 鳳仙 fèng xiān 凤: male phoenix; symbol of joy · 仙: Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
博爱 博愛 Bó ài Bo'ai county in Jiaozuo, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
辛亥革命 辛亥革命 Xīn hài Gé mìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东交民巷 東交民巷 Dōng Jiāo mín Xiàng East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Quarter, where foreign diplomatic missions were located during the period 1861-1959 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南洋 南洋 Nán yáng Southeast Asia; South seas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
顺治 順治 Shùn zhì reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天命 天命 Tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大中华 大中華 Dà Zhōng huá Greater China; refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics); refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
周公 周公 Zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou, played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou, and is also known as the "God of Dreams" Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法兰西 法蘭西 Fǎ lán xī France Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日式 日式 Rì shì Japanese style Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
旅顺 旅順 Lǚ shùn Lüshun; Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市|大连市, Liaoning; called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
伊藤博文 伊藤博文 Yī téng Bó wén Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
伊藤 伊藤 Yī téng Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname; Ito-Yokado (supermarket) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德意志 德意志 Dé yì zhì Deutschland; Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杨开慧 楊開慧 Yáng Kāi huì Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中原 中原 Zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
朱德 朱德 Zhū Dé Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
陆荣廷 陸榮廷 Lù Róng tíng Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
辜鸿铭 辜鴻銘 Gū Hóng míng Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian writer known for his English-language works and defense of Qing dynasty monarchy Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
直隶 直隸 Zhí lì Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
紫禁城 紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
列宁 列寧 Liè níng Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北伐 北伐 Běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
耶路撒冷 耶路撒冷 Yē lù sā lěng Jerusalem Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
胶州湾 膠州灣 Jiāo zhōu Wān Gulf of Jiaozhou (Shandong province) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
章士钊 章士釗 Zhāng Shì zhāo Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凡尔赛宫 凡爾賽宮 Fán ěr sài Gōng the Palace of Versailles, France Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
倭寇 倭寇 Wō kòu Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
谭嗣同 譚嗣同 Tán Sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
徐世昌 徐世昌 Xú Shì chāng Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
湘江 湘江 Xiāng jiāng the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
工农 工農 Gōng nóng Gongnong district of Hegang city, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大同 大同 Dà tóng Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province; Datong or Tatung Township in Yilan County, Taiwan; Datong or Tatung District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Datong District of Daqing City, Heilongjiang; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
董必武 董必武 Dǒng Bì wǔ Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
第三国际 第三國際 Dì sān Guó jì Communist International or Comintern (1919-1943), also known as the Third International Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
和政 和政 Hé zhèng Hezheng County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
嘉兴 嘉興 Jiā xīng Jiaxing, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4