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"1949" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
解放 jiě fàng to liberate / to emancipate / liberation / refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 / CL:次[ci4] syn
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn
南京 nán jīng see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4] / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949)
专区 專區 zhuān qū area established for a designated purpose / (PRC subprovincial administrative region 1949-1975) prefecture
民国 民國 mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn
蒋介石 蔣介石 jiǎng jiè shí Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975
北京青年报 北京青年報 běi jīng qīng nián bào Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949
北平 běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
纵队 縱隊 zòng duì column / file (formation of people) (CL:列[lie4],路[lu4]) / PLA army corps (1946-1949) (CL:個|个[ge4])
钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn
解放后 解放後 jiě fàng hòu after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory) / after the establishment of PRC in 1949
薄熙来 薄熙來 bó xī lái Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
马歇尔 馬歇爾 mǎ xiē ěr Marshall (name) / George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate
工人日报 工人日報 gōng rén rì bào Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949
北岛 北島 běi dǎo Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet
督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) syn
村上春树 村上春樹 cūn shàng chūn shù MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator
波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
施特劳斯 施特勞斯 shī tè láo sī Strauss (name) / Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer / Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer
王颖 王穎 wáng yǐng Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
淮海战役 淮海戰役 huái hǎi zhàn yì Huaihai Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War, considered the determining battle of the war
白崇禧 bái chóng xǐ Bai Chongxi (1893-1966), a leader of Guangxi warlord faction, top Nationalist general, played important role in Chiang Kaishek's campaigns 1926-1949
杨虎城 楊虎城 yáng hǔ chéng Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general
丘成桐 qiū chéng tóng Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982
谢里夫 謝里夫 xiè lǐ fū Sharif (name) / Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician
王家瑞 wáng jiā ruì Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, head of CCP central committee's international liaison department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部[dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4] 2003-2015
罗文 羅文 luó wén Roman Tam (1949-), Canto-pop singer
一九四九年 yī jiǔ sì jiǔ nián 1949 / year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan
周恩来 周恩來 zhōu ēn lái Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
国际关系学院 國際關係學院 guó jì guān xì xué yuàn University of International Relations, Beijing, established in 1949
平津战役 平津戰役 píng jīn zhàn yì Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
朱广沪 朱廣滬 zhū guǎng hù Zhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach
一九四九 yī jiǔ sì jiǔ 1949 / year of the communist victory in China, the foundation of the PRC and of ROC in Taiwan
三自爱国教会 三自愛國教會 sān zì ài guó jiào huì Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
三自教会 三自教會 sān zì jiào huì Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
他信 tā xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006
伴侣号 伴侶號 bàn lǚ hào HMS Consort, Royal Navy destroyer involved in 1949 Amethyst incident on Changjiang
内塔尼亚胡 內塔尼亞胡 nèi tǎ ní yà hú Netanyahu (name) / Benjamin Netanyahu (1949-), Israeli Likud politician, prime minister 1996-1999 and from 2009
共同纲领 共同綱領 gòng tóng gāng lǐng common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan
刘厚总 劉厚總 liú hòu zǒng Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英[Xiang4 Ying1] during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
去台 去臺 qù tái to go to Taiwan / refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
去台人员 去臺人員 qù tái rén yuán those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949
大唐狄公案 dà táng dí gōng àn Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth
建政 jiàn zhèng to establish a government / esp. refers to communist takeover of 1949
德国统一社会党 德國統一社會黨 dé guó tǒng yī shè huì dǎng Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1949-1990), the ruling communist party of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
村上·春树 村上·春樹 CunshangChunshu MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator
河北日报 河北日報 hé běi rì bào Hebei Daily, newspaper founded in 1949
紫石英号 紫石英號 zǐ shí yīng hào HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette involved in a 1949 gunfight with the PLA on the Changjiang
苏西洛 蘇西洛 sū xī luò Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949-), retired Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 2004-2014
袁头 袁頭 yuán tóu silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] syn
阮晋勇 阮晉勇 ruǎn jìn yǒng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016
陆征祥 陸徵祥 lù zhēng xiáng Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk
第一议定书 第一議定書 dì yī yì dìng shū Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts / Protocol I
第三议定书 第三議定書 dì sān yì dìng shū Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem / Protocol III
1949年日内瓦四公约 1949年日內瓦四公約 Geneva Conventions relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts / Geneva Conventions for the protection of war victims / Geneva Conventions of 1949
1949年全面停战协定 1949年全面停戰協定 General Armistice Agreements of 1949
第二议定书 第二議定書 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts / Protocol II
村上・春树 村上・春樹 cūn shàng · chūn shù MURAKAMI Haruki (1949-), Japanese novelist and translator
中华全国妇女联合会 中華全國婦女聯合會 zhōng huá quán guó fù nǚ lián hé huì All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)
史特劳斯 史特勞斯 shǐ tè láo sī (Tw) Strauss (name) / Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer / Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer
眷村 juàn cūn military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949)
古特雷斯 gǔ tè léi sī António Guterres (1949-), secretary-general of the United Nations (2017-), prime minister of Portugal (1995-2002)
糖弹 糖彈 táng dàn sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences (abbr. for 糖衣炮彈|糖衣炮弹[tang2 yi1 pao4 dan4]) syn
糖衣炮弹 糖衣炮彈 táng yī pào dàn sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences syn
国共内战 國共內戰 guó - gòng nèi zhàn Chinese Civil War (1927-1949)
反贼 反賊 fǎn zéi (imperial China) rebel / traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state / counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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