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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| 总统选举 總統選舉 | presidential election | |
| 自封 自封 | to proclaim oneself (sth); to give oneself the title of; self-appointed; self-styled; to limit oneself to; to isolate oneself | |
| 提法 提法 | wording (of a proposal); formulation; viewpoint (on an issue); (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting | |
| 人民团体 人民團體 | people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc); mass organization | |
| 适 適 | go, reach; appropriate, suitable | |
| 封王 封王 | to win the championship; (of an emperor) to bestow the title of king on a subject | |
| 红烧肉 紅燒肉 | red braised pork | |
| 叫醒 叫醒 | to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse | |
| 具名 具名 | to sign; to put one's name to | |
| 国法 國法 | national law | |
| 另有 另有 | to have some other (reason etc) | |
| 专机 專機 | chartered plane; VIP aircraft | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 烧死 燒死 | to burn to death | |
| 战线 戰線 | battle line; battlefront; front | |
| 不清楚 不清楚 | unclear; not understood; currently unknown | |
| 普选 普選 | universal suffrage | |
| 橡 橡 | chestnut oak; rubber tree; rubber | |
| 满盘 滿盤 | a plateful; comprehensive; the full works (e.g. a banquet); the full price | |
| 署 署 | public office | |
| 中央政府 中央政府 | central government | |
| 寄生 寄生 | to live in or on another organism as a parasite; to live by taking advantage of others; parasitism; parasitic | |
| 谋 謀 | plan, scheme; strategem | |
| 步枪 步槍 | rifle | |
| 多士 多士 | toast (loanword) | |
| 昭示 昭示 | to declare publicly; to make clear | |
| 以南 以南 | to the south of (suffix) | |
| 纪 紀 | record, annal, historical account | |
| 延迟 延遲 | to delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off; to procrastinate; (computing) to lag | |
| 兵团 兵團 | large military unit; formation; corps; army | |
| 联系人 聯繫人 | contact person | |
| 专断 專斷 | to act arbitrarily; to make decisions without consulting others | |
| 与共 與共 | to experience together with sb | |
| 上级领导 上級領導 | high-level leadership; top brass | |
| 互 互 | mutually, reciprocally | |
| 毕生 畢生 | all one's life; lifetime | |
| 引退 引退 | to retire from office; to resign | |
| 言重 言重 | to speak seriously; to exaggerate | |
| 一则 一則 | on the one hand | |
| 地主 地主 | landlord; landowner; host | |
| 丹 丹 | cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) | |
| 货轮 貨輪 | freighter; cargo ship | |
| 伯 伯 | variant of | |
| 第三方 第三方 | third party | |
| 翻身 翻身 | to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes | |
| 不稳 不穩 | unstable; unsteady | |
| 退守 退守 | to retreat and defend; to withdraw and maintain one's guard | |
| 分治 分治 | separate government; partition | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one |