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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不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
一党 一黨 yī dǎng one-party (state) ∼HSK 6
协商会议 協商會議 xié shāng huì yì consultative conference (political venue during early communist rule); consultative meeting; deliberative assembly ∼HSK 6
督导 督導 dū dǎo to direct; to oversee ∼HSK 6
共同点 共同點 gòng tóng diǎn common ground ∼HSK 6
入关 入關 rù guān to enter a pass; to go through customs ∼HSK 6
罪人 罪人 zuì rén sinner ∼HSK 6
以期 以期 yǐ qī in order to; hoping to; attempting to; waiting for ∼HSK 6
旗号 旗號 qí hào military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore ∼HSK 6
社会贤达 社會賢達 shè huì xián dá prominent and virtuous members of society; respected public figures ∼HSK 6
担架 擔架 dān jià stretcher; litter; bier ∼HSK 6
大公 大公 dà gōng grand duke; impartial ∼HSK 6
囤积 囤積 tún jī to stock up; to lay in supplies; to hoard (for speculation); to corner the market in sth ∼HSK 6
败仗 敗仗 bài zhàng lost battle; defeat ∼HSK 6
船舱 船艙 chuán cāng hold of ship ∼HSK 6
观瞻 觀瞻 guān zhān appearance; view; abiding impression ∼HSK 6
捷报 捷報 jié bào report of success; report of a victory ∼HSK 6
相逢 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance); to come across ∼HSK 6
恩仇 恩仇 ēn chóu debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge ∼HSK 6
受降仪式 受降儀式 shòu xiáng yí shì a surrender ceremony ∼HSK 6
民族英雄 民族英雄 mín zú yīng xióng national hero ∼HSK 6
公务人员 公務人員 gōng wù rén yuán government functionary ∼HSK 6
民主革命 民主革命 mín zhǔ gé mìng democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) ∼HSK 6
同宗同源 同宗同源 tóng zōng tóng yuán to share the same origins; to have common roots ∼HSK 6
存续 存續 cún xù to continue to exist ∼HSK 6
相依 相依 xiāng yī to be interdependent ∼HSK 6
鄙人 鄙人 bǐ rén your humble servant; I ∼HSK 6
试探性 試探性 shì tàn xìng exploratory; tentative ∼HSK 6
诛心之论 誅心之論 zhū xīn zhī lùn a devastating criticism; to expose hidden motives ∼HSK 6
谈不拢 談不攏 tán bù lǒng can't come to an agreement ∼HSK 6
麦淇淋 麥淇淋 mài qí lín margarine (loanword) ∼HSK 6
借以 藉以 jiè yǐ so as to; for the purpose of; in order to ∼HSK 6
特使 特使 tè shǐ special envoy; special ambassador ∼HSK 6
乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position); (fig.) official post ∼HSK 6
串联 串聯 chuàn lián to establish ties; to contact; (electricity) to connect (components) in series ∼HSK 6
行凶 行兇 xíng xiōng violent crime; to commit a violent act (assault or murder) ∼HSK 6
撕破脸 撕破臉 sī pò liǎn to have an acrimonious falling-out; to shed all pretense of cordiality; to tear into each other ∼HSK 6
撇开 撇開 piē kāi to disregard; to leave aside ∼HSK 6
独角戏 獨角戲 dú jiǎo xì monodrama; one-man show; comic talk ∼HSK 6
出洋 出洋 chū yáng to go abroad (old) ∼HSK 6
辞行 辭行 cí xíng to say goodbye; leave-taking; farewells ∼HSK 6
败亡 敗亡 bài wáng to be defeated and dispersed ∼HSK 6
割据 割據 gē jù to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation ∼HSK 6
不甘心 不甘心 bù gān xīn not reconciled to; not resigned to ∼HSK 6
耕者有其田 耕者有其田 gèng zhě yǒu qí tián "land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP ∼HSK 6
不顾一切 不顧一切 bù gù - yī qiè (idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns ∼HSK 6
计票 計票 jì piào count of votes ∼HSK 6