Issue 17

中国工农红军

Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army

长征

【例句】长征是宣言书，长征是宣传队，长征是播种机。

Long March

The Long March was a declaration, a publicity force,   and a sower of seeds.

红军三大主力

【释义】包括红一方面军（中央红军）、红二方面军、红四方面军。

three main forces of the Red Army

The three main forces of the Red Army were the First   Front Army (also known as the Central Red Army), the Second Front Army, and   the Fourth Front Army.

反“围剿”斗争

counter-encirclement and -suppression campaign

北上抗日

move north to resist Japanese aggression

中央革命根据地（中央苏区）

Central Revolutionary Base (Central Soviet Area)

中华苏维埃共和国

Chinese Soviet Republic

封锁线

blockade

湘江之战

Battle of the Xiang River

遵义会议

Zunyi Meeting

四渡赤水

cross the Chishui River four times

《八一宣言》

August First Declaration

陕甘革命根据地

Shaanxi-Gansu Revolutionary Base

会宁会师

the joining of Red Army forces at Huining

长征精神

Long March spirit

革命英雄主义

revolutionary heroism

革命乐观主义

revolutionary optimism

红军不怕远征难，

万水千山只等闲

The Red Army, facing down challenges on its march,

Braved ten thousand crags and torrents.