抗战可以救国 和平也能救国
“Fighting the war can save the country, and so can peace.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
抗战 可以 救国 和平 也能 救国
“Fighting the war can save the country, and so can peace.”
“If fighting the war can truly save the country,”
“Do not call us traitors for seeking peace; negotiating with the enemy is actually our way of saving the nation.”
During the Republican era and WWII, every political faction had to justify its actions under the moral banner of saving China, including Wang Jingwei's controversial 'Peace Movement'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
war of resistance (specifically the Second Sino-Japanese War)
Historically specific term referring to China's resistance against Japanese aggression in WWII.
to save the nation
A formal, patriotic verb-object compound common in modern Chinese historical and political discourse.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Workers, peasants, soldiers, students, and merchants, let's all come to save the nation.”
“the survival of the nation is at stake. Please contribute to the war of resistance.”