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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偏安 偏安 piān ān content to hold a small part of the territory; fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground; forced to move away ∼HSK 6
回绝 回絕 huí jué to rebuff; to refuse; to turn down ∼HSK 6
战犯 戰犯 zhàn fàn war criminal ∼HSK 6
元凶 元兇 yuán xiōng chief offender; main culprit ∼HSK 6
炮兵 炮兵 pào bīng artillery soldier; gunner ∼HSK 6
偏要 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything ∼HSK 6
和平谈判 和平談判 hé píng tán pàn peace negotiations ∼HSK 6
活捉 活捉 huó zhuō to capture alive ∼HSK 6
赴任 赴任 fù rèn to travel to take up a new post ∼HSK 6
壮丁 壯丁 zhuàng dīng able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war) ∼HSK 6
谈判桌 談判桌 tán pàn zhuō conference table ∼HSK 6
革命家 革命家 gé mìng jiā a revolutionary ∼HSK 6
传谣 傳謠 chuán yáo to spread rumors ∼HSK 6
辟谣 闢謠 pì yáo to refute a rumor; to deny ∼HSK 6
眼睁睁 眼睜睜 yǎn zhēng zhēng to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly ∼HSK 6
万劫不复 萬劫不復 wàn jié bù fù consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve ∼HSK 6
病逝 病逝 bìng shì to die of illness ∼HSK 6
莫属 莫屬 mò shǔ (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) ∼HSK 6
剥削阶级 剝削階級 bō xuē jiē jí exploiting class (in Marxist theory) ∼HSK 6
自知之明 自知之明 zì zhī zhī míng (idiom) self-knowledge ∼HSK 6
端上 端上 duān shàng to serve (food, tea etc) ∼HSK 6
奉命 奉命 fèng mìng by order ∼HSK 6
建党 建黨 jiàn dǎng party-founding ∼HSK 6
缴枪 繳槍 jiǎo qiāng to lay down one's arms; to surrender; to disarm ∼HSK 6
人民解放军 人民解放軍 rén mín jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army ∼HSK 6
枪炮 槍砲 qiāng pào firearm ∼HSK 6
此一时彼一时 此一時彼一時 cǐ yī shí bǐ yī shí that was one situation, this is another (idiom); times have changed; circumstances differ now ∼HSK 6
苍生 蒼生 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows; the common people ∼HSK 6
党人 黨人 dǎng rén party member; partisan ∼HSK 6
今非昔比 今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed ∼HSK 6
贤达 賢達 xián dá prominent and worthy personage ∼HSK 6
高出一筹 高出一籌 gāo chū yī chóu to be a notch above; to be slightly superior (idiom) ∼HSK 6
情有独钟 情有獨鍾 qíng yǒu dú zhōng to have a special fondness (for sth) ∼HSK 6
悲壮 悲壯 bēi zhuàng solemn and stirring; moving and tragic ∼HSK 6
插曲 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode ∼HSK 6
横杠 橫槓 héng gàng bar; horizontal bar ∼HSK 6
五星红旗 五星紅旗 wǔ xīng hóng qí five-starred red flag (PRC national flag) ∼HSK 6
荡涤 蕩滌 dàng dí to clean up ∼HSK 6
强盛 強盛 qiáng shèng rich and powerful ∼HSK 6
末端 末端 mò duān tip; extremity ∼HSK 6
副标题 副標題 fù biāo tí subtitle (of a book etc); subheading ∼HSK 6
恩人 恩人 ēn rén a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else HSK 6
中外 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign; Chinese-foreign; home and abroad HSK 6
独裁 獨裁 dú cái dictatorship HSK 6
国歌 國歌 guó gē national anthem HSK 6
反动 反動 fǎn dòng reaction; reactionary HSK 6
军舰 軍艦 jūn jiàn warship; military naval vessel HSK 6
以至 以至 yǐ zhì down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至于 HSK 6
把戏 把戲 bǎ xì acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy HSK 6
老乡 老鄉 lǎo xiāng fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown HSK 6