Eighth Route Army

proper noun

a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party that fought the Japanese military and its puppet armies in both conventional and guerrilla warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

OriginChinese 八路軍 /八路军 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalgovernmenta group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party that fought the Japanese military and its puppet armies in both conventional and guerrilla warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Origin

  1. Chinese八路軍 /八路军
  2. EnglishEighth Route Army

Calque of Chinese 八路軍 /八路军 (Bālùjūn).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 八路軍 /八路军, 八路
  • 八路軍 /八路军 (Bālùjūn)group army
  • 八路 (Bālù)group army
Japanese 八路軍
  • 八路軍 (Hachirogun)group army
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