义勇军

義勇軍

yìyǒngjūn

noun #54,377

Meanings

1 volunteer army
2 the anti-Japanese volunteer armies of 1930s Manchuria

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

九一八事变以后，东北各地组织起了义勇军。

Jiǔ-Yī-Bā Shìbiàn yǐhòu, dōngběi gèdì zǔzhī qǐ le yìyǒngjūn.

After the Mukden Incident, volunteer armies were organized all over the Northeast.

HSK 7-9

这支义勇军在深山里坚持抗日好几年。

Zhè zhī yìyǒngjūn zài shēnshān lǐ jiānchí kàng-Rì hǎojǐ nián.

This volunteer army kept up the fight against Japan deep in the mountains for several years.

Tips

history

After the Japanese seized the Northeast in 1931, former soldiers, peasants and outlaw bands there formed 义勇军 to fight back. The PRC national anthem, 《义勇军进行曲》, the March of the Volunteers, written in 1935 by 田汉 and 聂耳, is named after them.

Stroke Order

义 yì

勇 yǒng

军 jūn