百万雄师过大江

百萬雄師過大江

bǎiwànxióngshīguòdàjiāng

phrase

Meanings

1 a million-strong valiant army crosses the great river
2 the decisive crossing of the Yangtze in April 1949
3 image of an overwhelming, history-turning advance

Characters

valiant / heroic

river (Yangtze)

Examples

“钟山风雨起苍黄，百万雄师过大江”是家喻户晓的名句。

"Zhōngshān fēngyǔ qǐ cānghuáng, bǎi wàn xióng shī guò dà jiāng" shì jiāyù hùxiǎo de míngjù.

'Storms rise over Mount Zhong, a million-strong army crosses the great river' is a household line.

纪念馆再现了百万雄师过大江的壮观场面。

Jìniànguǎn zàixiàn le bǎi wàn xióng shī guò dà jiāng de zhuàngguān chǎngmiàn.

The memorial hall recreates the grand scene of a million-strong army crossing the Yangtze.

Tips

history

From Mao Zedong's 1949 poem 《七律·人民解放军占领南京》 ('The People's Liberation Army Takes Nanjing'): 钟山风雨起苍黄，百万雄师过大江 — 'Storms in swirling yellow rise over Mount Zhong; a million-strong army crosses the great river.' The 'great river' is the Yangtze; the poem marks the PLA's capture of Nanjing on 23 April 1949.

usage

雄师 reads 'valiant army,' not 'male lion.' The phrase is standard rhetoric for any decisive, large-scale advance — often used metaphorically in business and sports coverage.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

万 wàn

雄 xióng

师 shī

过 guò

大 dà

江 jiāng