Beginning of the Great Revival 2011
建党伟业
A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.
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| 千千万万 千千萬萬 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands | Idiom |
| 一路顺风 一路順風 | to have a pleasant journey (idiom) | Idiom |
| 四不像 四不像 | common name for, Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse; an odd mixture of disparate elements; hodgepodge; farrago | Xiehouyu |
| 靠不住 靠不住 | unreliable | Xiehouyu |
| 干活儿 幹活兒 | erhua variant of 干活; (coll.) to work; (coll.) to be employed | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 湖南 湖南 | Hunan Province, capital Changsha | Proper Noun |
| 巴黎 巴黎 | Paris, capital of France | Proper Noun |
| 中国共产党 中國共產黨 | Communist Party of China | Proper Noun |
| 武汉 武漢 | Wuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province | Proper Noun |
| 国民党 國民黨 | Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party | Proper Noun |
| 山东省 山東省 | Shandong Province, capital Jinan | Proper Noun |
| 广西 廣西 | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning | Proper Noun |
| 段祺瑞 段祺瑞 | Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord | Proper Noun |
| 四川 四川 | Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu | Proper Noun |
| 万里 萬里 | Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician | Proper Noun |
| 北平 北平 | Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) | Proper Noun |
| 省长 省長 | governor of a province | Proper Noun |
| 尼克 尼克 | Nick (name) | Proper Noun |
| 荷兰 荷蘭 | Holland; the Netherlands | Proper Noun |
| 如果说 如果說 | if; if one were to say | |
| 快点儿 快點兒 | erhua variant of 快点; to do smh more quickly; Hurry up! | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 万岁 萬歲 | Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 国体 國體 | state system (i.e. form of government); national prestige | |
| 举国 舉國 | the entire country | |
| 英 英 | petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English | |
| 旅 旅 | trip, journey; travel; traveler | |
| 联 聯 | connect, join; associate, ally | |
| 两千年 兩千年 | the year 2000; 2000 years | |
| 上街 上街 | to go onto the streets; to go shopping | |
| 交出 交出 | to hand over | |
| 党员 黨員 | party member | |
| 推举 推舉 | to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; to elect; to choose; (weightlifting) to (clean and) press | |
| 然 然 | yes, certainly; pledge, promise | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 说了算 說了算 | to have the final say; to be the one in charge | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 举国上下 舉國上下 | the entire nation; the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 租借 租借 | to rent; to lease | |
| 二十一条 二十一條 | the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915 | |
| 历史上 歷史上 | historical; in history | |
| 全票 全票 | full-priced ticket; by unanimous vote | |
| 斯 斯 | this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle | |
| 通电 通電 | to set up an electric circuit; to electrify; to switch on; to be connected to an electricity grid; open telegram | |
| 务 務 | affairs, business; must, should | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government |