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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

Army Day
  1. 1. noun 建军节,即中国人民解放军诞生纪念日时间每年的8月1日

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October 22 marks the 70th anniversary of the day the Red Army of China successfully finished the Long March.
10月22日标志着中国红军长征胜利已经走过了70个年头了。
为了早日实现统一北方之志,他统领大军日夜抄道疾进。
In order to realize his dream of unifying the north, he led the army to charge ahead rapidly on shortcuts, day and night.
每到建军节,我们都要安排慰问烈军属的活动。
Every Army Day we will arrange activities to convey condolences to the members of soldiers, and revolutionary martyr's families.

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Army Day

Army Day
建军节
jiànjūnjié

Army Day is celebrated on August 1 to commemorate the Nanchang Uprising. This was the first Koumintang-Communist engagement in the Chinese civil war. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, August 1 was chosen to commemorate the People’s Liberation Army. And use the “八一” as the main mark of People's Liberation Army flag and army emblem.
On this day, people will have activities to celebrate the birth of PLA, such as gratitude performance. Since the founding of PLA , the name of this army has changed many times, but the sprite and the good tradition are not changed, it is still a perfect discipline army, and a patron saint of the Chinese people.

为了纪念1927年8月1日爆发的南昌起义,打响了中国共产党武装反抗国民党反动派的第一枪。新中国成立以后,中国把8月1日定为中华人民共和国解放军建军节,并把“八一”定为解放军军旗和 军徽的主要标志。
每当这一天,中国各地都会开展一些活动,来纪念中国人民解放军的诞生,比如慰问、文艺演出等等。建军以来,这支部队的名字几经改编,但是它所拥有的精神和优良传统却没有变,依然是那支纪律严明的军队,依然是中国人民的保护神。

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