有十四个师团
“has fourteen divisions,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们的关东军
“Our Kwantung Army”
有十四个师团
“has fourteen divisions,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese cinema and historical memory, references to the Kwantung Army (关东军) recall the Japanese military force stationed in Manchuria during WWII.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
military division (specifically used for Japanese Imperial Army units)
Use this historical military classifier/unit when discussing Imperial Japanese Army formations rather than modern Chinese military divisions (师).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“consists of only three divisions.”
“a large force of eight divisions back home”
“the Fourth War Zone Command”
“yet we dare not transfer a single division”
“and hurt two division of Pangyuan.”
“The Japanese military is strictly hierarchical.”