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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| 偏安 偏安 | content to hold a small part of the territory; fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground; forced to move away | |
| 回绝 回絕 | to rebuff; to refuse; to turn down | |
| 战犯 戰犯 | war criminal | |
| 元凶 元兇 | chief offender; main culprit | |
| 炮兵 炮兵 | artillery soldier; gunner | |
| 偏要 偏要 | to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything | |
| 和平谈判 和平談判 | peace negotiations | |
| 活捉 活捉 | to capture alive | |
| 赴任 赴任 | to travel to take up a new post | |
| 壮丁 壯丁 | able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war) | |
| 谈判桌 談判桌 | conference table | |
| 革命家 革命家 | a revolutionary | |
| 传谣 傳謠 | to spread rumors | |
| 辟谣 闢謠 | to refute a rumor; to deny | |
| 眼睁睁 眼睜睜 | to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly | |
| 万劫不复 萬劫不復 | consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve | |
| 病逝 病逝 | to die of illness | |
| 莫属 莫屬 | (the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun); would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute) | |
| 剥削阶级 剝削階級 | exploiting class (in Marxist theory) | |
| 自知之明 自知之明 | (idiom) self-knowledge | |
| 端上 端上 | to serve (food, tea etc) | |
| 奉命 奉命 | by order | |
| 建党 建黨 | party-founding | |
| 缴枪 繳槍 | to lay down one's arms; to surrender; to disarm | |
| 人民解放军 人民解放軍 | People's Liberation Army | |
| 枪炮 槍砲 | firearm | |
| 此一时彼一时 此一時彼一時 | 此: this, these; in this case, then · 一: one; a, an; alone · 时: time, season; era, age, period · 彼: that, there, those · 一: one; a, an; alone · 时: time, season; era, age, period | |
| 苍生 蒼生 | (area where) vegetation grows; the common people | |
| 党人 黨人 | party member; partisan | |
| 今非昔比 今非昔比 | (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed | |
| 贤达 賢達 | prominent and worthy personage | |
| 高出一筹 高出一籌 | 高: high, tall; lofty, elevated · 出: go out, send out; stand; produce · 一: one; a, an; alone · 筹: chip, tally, token; raise money | |
| 情有独钟 情有獨鍾 | to have a special fondness (for sth) | |
| 悲壮 悲壯 | solemn and stirring; moving and tragic | |
| 插曲 插曲 | music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode | |
| 横杠 橫槓 | bar; horizontal bar | |
| 五星红旗 五星紅旗 | five-starred red flag (PRC national flag) | |
| 荡涤 蕩滌 | to clean up | |
| 强盛 強盛 | rich and powerful | |
| 末端 末端 | tip; extremity | |
| 副标题 副標題 | subtitle (of a book etc); subheading | |
| 恩人 恩人 | a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else | |
| 中外 中外 | Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad | |
| 独裁 獨裁 | dictatorship | |
| 国歌 國歌 | national anthem | |
| 反动 反動 | reaction; reactionary | |
| 军舰 軍艦 | warship; military naval vessel | |
| 以至 以至 | down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至于 | |
| 把戏 把戲 | acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy | |
| 老乡 老鄉 | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown |