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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| 遵 遵 | obey, comply with, follow; honor | |
| 骂名 罵名 | infamy; blackened name | |
| 故都 故都 | former capital; ancient capital | |
| 显要 顯要 | prominent; eminent; important person; notable; dignitary | |
| 额度 額度 | quota; (credit) limit | |
| 廖 廖 | surname; name of an ancient state | |
| 似 似 | resemble (literary) | |
| 手榴弹 手榴彈 | hand grenade | |
| 雁 雁 | wild goose | |
| 上岸 上岸 | to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) | |
| 抢先 搶先 | to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall | |
| 歼 殲 | annihilate, wipe out, kill off | |
| 以北 以北 | to the north of (suffix) | |
| 殆尽 殆盡 | almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left | |
| 胆量 膽量 | courage; boldness; guts | |
| 无可 無可 | can't | |
| 宜 宜 | suitable | |
| 鉴 鑑 | mirror, looking glass; reflect | |
| 厄 厄 | adversity, difficulty, distress | |
| 惟 惟 | but, however, nevertheless; only | |
| 抵 抵 | resist, oppose; deny; off-set | |
| 契 契 | deed, contract, bond; engrave | |
| 沦陷 淪陷 | to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge | |
| 政事 政事 | politics; government affairs | |
| 名义上 名義上 | nominally | |
| 军装 軍裝 | military uniform | |
| 政治局 政治局 | politburo | |
| 尸 屍 | corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 | |
| 锦 錦 | brocade | |
| 可比 可比 | comparable | |
| 么 麼 | interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) | |
| 阅兵式 閱兵式 | military parade | |
| 声响 聲響 | sound; noise | |
| 革出 革出 | to expel; to kick out | |
| 绪 緒 | end of thread; thread, clue | |
| 颖 穎 | rice tassel; sharp point; clever | |
| 事不宜迟 事不宜遲 | the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose | |
| 誓 誓 | swear, pledge; oath | |
| 旁人 旁人 | other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders | |
| 大业 大業 | great cause; great undertaking | |
| 杠 槓 | lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen | |
| 立意 立意 | to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea; concept; central idea; to be determined (to do sth) | |
| 底版 底版 | (photography) negative; photographic plate; (printing) plate; block | |
| 挤进 擠進 | to break into; to force one's way into; to barge into | |
| 龚 龔 | give, present; reverential | |
| 澎 澎 | splatter | |
| 遗 遺 | lose; articles lost; omit | |
| 半径 半徑 | radius | |
| 四分之一 四分之一 | one-quarter | |
| 焰 焰 | flame, blaze; glowing, blazing |