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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| 参与 參與 | to participate (in sth) | |
| 位置 位置 | position; place; seat | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 总统 總統 | president (of a country) | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 表示 表示 | to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 项 項 | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc | |
| 包括 包括 | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 局 侷 | narrow | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 获得 獲得 | to obtain; to receive; to get | |
| 根据 根據 | according to; based on; basis; foundation | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 以及 以及 | as well as; too; and | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 对于 對於 | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 头破血流 頭破血流 | lit. head broken and blood flowing; fig. badly bruised | Idiom |
| 买空卖空 買空賣空 | to speculate; to play the market; (fig.) to sell hot air; to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator | Idiom |
| 戎马生涯 戎馬生涯 | army life (idiom); the experience of war | Idiom |
| 心里有数 心裡有數 | to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation | Xiehouyu |
| 容不得 容不得 | unable to tolerate; intolerant; unable to bear sth | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 蒋介石 蔣介石 | Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975 | Proper Noun |
| 政协 政協 | CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference); abbr. of | Proper Noun |
| 民国 民國 | Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) | Proper Noun |
| 大城市 大城市 | major city; metropolis | Proper Noun |
| 周恩来 周恩來 | Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976 | Proper Noun |
| 张家口 張家口 | Zhangjiakou, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province | Proper Noun |