解放军

解放軍

Jiěfàngjūn

noun #25,517

Meanings

1 People's Liberation Army (PLA)
2 the Chinese military

Characters

to untie/to liberate

to release/to free

Examples

解放军是中国的武装力量。

Jiěfàngjūn shì Zhōngguó de wǔzhuāng lìliàng.

The People's Liberation Army is China's armed force.

他的父亲曾在解放军服役二十年。

Tā de fùqīn céng zài Jiěfàngjūn fúyì èrshí nián.

His father served in the PLA for twenty years.

Tips

history

解放军 was founded in 1927 as the Red Army, renamed the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1948. The name 解放 (liberation) reflects the Communist Party's framing of the 1949 victory as liberating China from foreign imperialism and feudalism.

Stroke Order

解 jiě

放 fàng

军 jūn