The Founding of a Republic 2009
建国大业
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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Vocabulary
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| 前敌 前敵 | front line (military) | |
| 央 央 | center, conclude, run out; beg | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 凝 凝 | coagulate; congeal; freeze | |
| 工人阶级 工人階級 | working class | |
| 妄 妄 | absurd, foolish, reckless; false | |
| 广播电台 廣播電台 | radio station | |
| 死敌 死敵 | mortal enemy; arch-enemy | |
| 军政府 軍政府 | military government | |
| 仁 仁 | humaneness, benevolence, kindness | |
| 谨 謹 | prudent, cautious; attentive | |
| 剿 剿 | destroy, exterminate, annihilate | |
| 器重 器重 | to regard sth as valuable; to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc) | |
| 俺 俺 | I, me (northern dialect) | |
| 辈子 輩子 | all one's life; lifetime | |
| 不舍 不捨 | reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of | |
| 卑 卑 | humble, low, inferior; despise | |
| 扔下 扔下 | to throw down; to drop (bomb) | |
| 聂 聶 | whisper; surname | |
| 防空洞 防空洞 | air raid shelter; bomb shelter; (fig.) place that protects bad people; hideout | |
| 命大 命大 | lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury) | |
| 卦 卦 | fortune telling; tell fortunes | |
| 军政 軍政 | army and government | |
| 翁 翁 | old man; father, father-in-law | |
| 恒 恆 | constant, regular, persistent | |
| 屏 屏 | folding screen, shield | |
| 辰 辰 | early morning; 5th terrestrial branch | |
| 夺回 奪回 | to take back (forcibly); to recapture; to win back | |
| 杀头 殺頭 | to behead | |
| 引燃 引燃 | to ignite; to start (a fire); (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc) | |
| 从军 從軍 | to enlist; to serve in the army | |
| 愧疚 愧疚 | to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful | |
| 漏掉 漏掉 | to miss; to leave out; to omit; to be omitted; to be missing; to slip through; to leak out; to seep away | |
| 纵 縱 | even if | |
| 青天 青天 | clear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official) | |
| 誉 譽 | fame, reputation; praise | |
| 公文 公文 | official document | |
| 胡说八道 胡說八道 | to talk rubbish | |
| 将士 將士 | officers and soldiers | |
| 国库 國庫 | public purse; state treasury; national exchequer | |
| 飞涨 飛漲 | soaring inflation; rocketing prices | |
| 扶危 扶危 | to help those in distress | |
| 精准 精準 | accurate; exact; precise; precision | |
| 我辈 我輩 | (literary) we; us | |
| 奈何 奈何 | to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail | |
| 绸缪 綢繆 | to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth | |
| 严惩 嚴懲 | to punish severely | |
| 亡 亡 | death, destroyed; lose, perish | |
| 焉 焉 | thereupon, then; how? why? where? | |
| 军委 軍委 | Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee |