The Founding of a Republic

The Founding of a Republic 2009

建国大业 jiànguó dàyè

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

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5.12 Advanced Director Huang Jianxin, Han Sanping IMDb 4.9

Cast

Tang Guoqiang Tang Guoqiang Mao Zedong Liu Jin Liu Jin Zhou Enlai Wang Wufu Wang Wufu Zhu De Liu Sha Liu Sha Liu Shaoqi Zhang Guoli Zhang Guoli Chiang Kai-shek Andy Lau Andy Lau Yu Jishi Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Tian Han Xu Qing Xu Qing Soong Ching-ling Jackie Chan Jackie Chan Reporter Chen Kun Chen Kun Chiang Ching-kuo

Vocabulary

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总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations ∼HSK 5
新政 新政 xīn zhèng new policy; New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) ∼HSK 5
革 革 gé leather, animal hides; rad. 177 ∼HSK 5
儒 儒 rú Confucian scholar ∼HSK 5
滩 灘 tān bank, a sandbar, shoal; rapids ∼HSK 5
敌机 敵機 dí jī enemy plane ∼HSK 5
钧 鈞 jūn unit of measure equivalent to thirty catties ∼HSK 5
子公司 子公司 zǐ gōng sī subsidiary company; subsidiary corporation ∼HSK 5
鞭 鞭 biān whip; whip; string of firecrackers ∼HSK 5
阎 閻 Yán village gate; surname ∼HSK 5
戡 戡 kān subjugate, subdue, quell; kill ∼HSK 5
民主化 民主化 mín zhǔ huà to convert to democracy; democratic transformation ∼HSK 5
也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or...; never mind; fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) ∼HSK 5
冀 冀 Jì hope for; wish; Hebei province ∼HSK 5
土地改革 土地改革 tǔ dì gǎi gé land reform ∼HSK 5
坨 坨 tuó a lump, heap ∼HSK 5
廷 廷 tíng court ∼HSK 5
锴 鍇 kǎi high quality iron ∼HSK 5
播报 播報 bō bào to announce; to read (the news) ∼HSK 5
诚 誠 chéng (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly ∼HSK 5
居 居 jū reside ∼HSK 5
莉 莉 lì white jasmine ∼HSK 5
娅 婭 yà mutual term of address used by sons-in-law; a brother-in-law ∼HSK 5
煌 煌 huáng bright, shining, luminous ∼HSK 5
恳请 懇請 kěn qǐng to request earnestly ∼HSK 5
枪法 槍法 qiāng fǎ marksmanship ∼HSK 5
菊 菊 jú chrysanthemum ∼HSK 5
照明弹 照明彈 zhào míng dàn flare; star shell ∼HSK 5
司令员 司令員 sī lìng yuán commander ∼HSK 5
聿 聿 yù writing brush, pencil; thereupon ∼HSK 5
肋 肋 lèi ribs; chest ∼HSK 5
泯 冺 mǐn destroy, eliminate; perish ∼HSK 5
参政 參政 cān zhèng to be involved in politics; participation in politics ∼HSK 5
茬 茬 chá harvest ∼HSK 5
陪都 陪都 péi dū provisional capital of a country (e.g. in time of war); secondary capital; alternative capital ∼HSK 5
杭 杭 Háng cross stream; navigate ∼HSK 5
对华 對華 duì Huá (policy etc) towards China ∼HSK 5
武装部队 武裝部隊 wǔ zhuāng bù duì armed forces ∼HSK 5
敌对 敵對 dí duì hostile; enemy (factions); combative ∼HSK 5
和平统一 和平統一 hé píng tǒng yī peaceful reunification ∼HSK 5
鞭子 鞭子 biān zi whip ∼HSK 5
少管闲事 少管閒事 shǎo guǎn xián shì Mind your own business!; Don't interfere! ∼HSK 5
恰 恰 qià just, exactly, precisely; proper ∼HSK 5
赔上 賠上 péi shàng to pay for sth with the loss of (one's health etc); to have sth come at the cost of (one's reputation etc) ∼HSK 5
认输 認輸 rèn shū to concede; to admit defeat ∼HSK 5
大屠杀 大屠殺 dà tú shā massacre; mass slaughter ∼HSK 5
对敌 對敵 duì dí to confront; to face the enemy ∼HSK 5
勘 勘 kān investigate; compare; collate ∼HSK 5
厢 廂 xiāng side-room, wing; theatre box ∼HSK 5
弼 弼 bì assist (literary) ∼HSK 5