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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 郭 郭 | outer part (of a city); surname | |
| 地盘 地盤 | domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth | |
| 副总统 副總統 | vice-president | |
| 副主席 副主席 | vice-chairperson | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 专员 專員 | assistant director; commissioner | |
| 执 執 | hold in hand; keep; carry out | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 博 博 | gamble, play games; wide, broad | |
| 傅 傅 | tutor, teacher; assist; surname | |
| 旗 旂 | banner, flag, streamer | |
| 川 川 | stream, river; flow; boil | |
| 长官 長官 | senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer) | |
| 特务 特務 | special assignment (military); special agent; operative; spy | |
| 察 察 | examine, investigate; notice | |
| 共产 共產 | (adj.) communist; communism; to collectivize ownership of property | |
| 书记处 書記處 | secretariat | |
| 蔡 蔡 | surname; species of tortoise | |
| 人民代表 人民代表 | deputy to the People's Congress | |
| 党内 黨內 | within the party (esp. Chinese communist party) | |
| 各方 各方 | all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions | |
| 无视 無視 | to ignore; to disregard | |
| 若是 若是 | if | |
| 独裁者 獨裁者 | dictator; autocrat | |
| 危难 危難 | calamity | |
| 圣人 聖人 | sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint | |
| 此时此刻 此時此刻 | at this very moment | |
| 雄 雄 | male of species; hero; manly | |
| 老兵 老兵 | old soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain) | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 基金会 基金會 | foundation (institution supported by an endowment) | |
| 元帅 元帥 | (military) marshal; commander-in-chief | |
| 沪 滬 | Shanghai; river near Shanghai | |
| 何不 何不 | why not?; why not do (sth)? | |
| 松手 鬆手 | to relinquish one's grip; to let go | |
| 从何 從何 | whence?; where from? | |
| 共产主义 共產主義 | communism | |
| 专政 專政 | dictatorship | |
| 泛 氾 | to drift, float; careless, reckless | |
| 父老 父老 | elders | |
| 相聚 相聚 | to meet together; to assemble | |
| 王八蛋 王八蛋 | bastard; son of a bitch | |
| 反动派 反動派 | reactionaries | |
| 特来 特來 | to come with a specific purpose in mind | |
| 吾 吾 | i, my, our; resist, impede | |
| 兵工厂 兵工廠 | munitions factory | |
| 本届 本屆 | current; this year | |
| 叛乱 叛亂 | armed rebellion | |
| 失地 失地 | to lose territory; lost territory | |
| 走散 走散 | to wander off; to stray; to get lost |