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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| 诺 諾 | promise; assent, approve | |
| 所部 所部 | troops under one's command | |
| 现时 現時 | current | |
| 多党 多黨 | multiparty | |
| 下作 下作 | contemptible; disgusting | |
| 边区 邊區 | border area | |
| 不复 不復 | no longer; not again | |
| 嘴皮子 嘴皮子 | lit. lips; fig. glib talk | |
| 内乱 內亂 | internal disorder; civil strife; civil unrest | |
| 奇 奇 | strange, unusual, uncanny, occult | |
| 工作委员会 工作委員會 | working committee | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 居正 居正 | (literary) to follow the right path | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 下一步 下一步 | the next step | |
| 不合 不合 | to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out | |
| 不支 不支 | to be unable to endure | |
| 参选 參選 | to be a candidate in an election or other selection process; to run for office; to turn out to vote | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 众 眾 | multitude, crowd; masses, public | |
| 亲笔 親筆 | in one's own handwriting | |
| 要员 要員 | key participant; VIP | |
| 先期 先期 | the time before a certain date; in advance; beforehand; premature; initial period | |
| 救国 救國 | to save the nation | |
| 法令 法令 | decree; ordinance | |
| 活活 活活 | while still alive; simply; totally | |
| 直接选举 直接選舉 | direct election | |
| 突 突 | suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly | |
| 打赢 打贏 | to win; to beat (one's opponent) | |
| 人心惶惶 人心惶惶 | (idiom) everyone is anxious; (of a group of people) to feel anxious | |
| 政 政 | government, political affairs | |
| 空名 空名 | vacuous reputation; name without substance; in name only; so-called | |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 会期 會期 | the duration of a conference; the period over which a conference (or expo etc) is held; session; the date of a meeting | |
| 日内 日內 | in a few days; one of these days | |
| 决 決 | decide, determine, judge | |
| 放在心上 放在心上 | to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart | |
| 对美 對美 | (policy etc) towards America | |
| 地支 地支 | the 12 earthly branches,,,,,,,,,,,, used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc | |
| 己 己 | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem | |
| 美名 美名 | good name; good reputation | |
| 敌 敵 | enemy, foe, rival; resist | |
| 退位 退位 | to abdicate | |
| 总要 總要 | nevertheless | |
| 不相干 不相干 | to be irrelevant; to have nothing to do with | |
| 三八线 三八線 | 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea | |
| 去台 去臺 | to go to Taiwan; refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 老爷子 老爺子 | my (your etc) old father; polite appellation for an elderly male | |
| 生产关系 生產關係 | relations between levels of production; socio-economic relations |