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八路軍

简八路军 · 繁八路軍

Mandarin · pinyin Bā lù jūn

Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

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八: bā · eight; all around, all sides
路: lù · road, path, street; journey
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军: jūn · army, military; soldiers, troops

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1–4–1 · Ba1 lu4 jun1

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(military, historical) Eighth Route Army

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