The Founding of a Republic

The Founding of a Republic 2009

建国大业 jiànguó dàyè

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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5.12 Advanced Director Huang Jianxin, Han Sanping IMDb 4.9

Cast

Tang Guoqiang Tang Guoqiang Mao Zedong Liu Jin Liu Jin Zhou Enlai Wang Wufu Wang Wufu Zhu De Liu Sha Liu Sha Liu Shaoqi Zhang Guoli Zhang Guoli Chiang Kai-shek Andy Lau Andy Lau Yu Jishi Donnie Yen Donnie Yen Tian Han Xu Qing Xu Qing Soong Ching-ling Jackie Chan Jackie Chan Reporter Chen Kun Chen Kun Chiang Ching-kuo

Vocabulary

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尿 尿 niào to urinate; urine HSK 7
情报 情報 qíng bào information; intelligence HSK 7
哼 哼 hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
淘汰 淘汰 táo tài to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
非法 非法 fēi fǎ illegal HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
有所 有所 yǒu suǒ somewhat; to some extent HSK 7
委员会 委員會 wěi yuán huì committee HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
细枝末节 細枝末節 xì zhī mò jié minor details; trifles Idiom ∼HSK 6
斤斤计较 斤斤計較 jīn jīn jì jiào to haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters; to split hairs Idiom ∼HSK 6
眼中钉 眼中釘 yǎn zhōng dīng a thorn in one's side Idiom ∼HSK 6
一意孤行 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic Idiom ∼HSK 6
举棋不定 舉棋不定 jǔ qí bù dìng to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally Idiom ∼HSK 6
水到渠成 水到渠成 shuǐ dào qú chéng lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally Idiom ∼HSK 6
尽心尽力 盡心盡力 jìn xīn jìn lì making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost Idiom ∼HSK 6
捉襟见肘 捉襟見肘 zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom); strapped for cash; unable to make ends meet Idiom ∼HSK 6
置若罔闻 置若罔聞 zhì ruò wǎng wén to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear Idiom ∼HSK 6
身经百战 身經百戰 shēn jīng bǎi zhàn lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom); fig. experienced; seasoned Idiom ∼HSK 6
掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn ěr dào líng lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
严惩不贷 嚴懲不貸 yán chéng bù dài to punish severely (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
分庭抗礼 分庭抗禮 fēn tíng kàng lǐ peer competition; to function as rivals; to make claims as an equal Idiom ∼HSK 6
全军覆没 全軍覆沒 quán jūn fù mò total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout Idiom ∼HSK 6
殊途同归 殊途同歸 shū tú tóng guī different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end Idiom ∼HSK 6
金无足赤 金無足赤 jīn wú zú chì not all gold is sufficiently red (idiom); no-one is perfect Idiom ∼HSK 6
肝胆相照 肝膽相照 gān dǎn xiāng zhào to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion Idiom ∼HSK 6
热血沸腾 熱血沸騰 rè xuè - fèi téng (idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passion, anger etc) Idiom ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
封官许愿 封官許願 fēng guān xǔ yuàn to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
公私兼顾 公私兼顧 gōng sī jiān gù to adequately take into account both public and private interests Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6