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志願軍

简志愿军 · 繁志願軍

Mandarin · pinyin zhì yuàn jūn

volunteer army

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志: zhì · purpose, will, determination; annals
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軍: Look up this written character
愿: yuàn · sincere, honest, virtuous
军: jūn · army, military; soldiers, troops

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4–4–1 · zhi4 yuan4 jun1

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noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 志願 /志愿 (zhìyuàn), 軍 /军 (jūn): volunteers (people who volunteer to fight abroad)

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(military) short for 中國人民志願軍／中国人民志愿军 (Zhōngguó Rénmín Zhìyuànjūn, “the Chinese People's Volunteer Army”)

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