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三大纪律八项注意

Sān Dà Jì lǜ Bā Xiàng Zhù yìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

三大紀律八項注意 三大纪律八项注意 [San1 Da4 Ji4 lu:4 Ba1 Xiang4 Zhu4 yi4] /the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime/

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Other forms in these source records: 三大紀律八項注意

  • 三
    sān

    three / 3

    Sān

    surname San

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 纪
    jì

    order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle

    Jǐ

    surname Ji / also pr. [Jì]

  • 律
    lǜ

    law

    Lǜ

    surname Lü

  • 八
    bā

    eight

  • 项
    xiàng

    back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc

    Xiàng

    surname Xiang

  • 注
    zhù

    (bound form) to pour into / to flow into / to inject / (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point / to concentrate / (bound form) stake (in gambling) / classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light / to annotate / to provide explanatory notes on a written text / an annotation / an explanatory note / (bound form) to put on record / to register

  • 意
    yì

    (bound form) idea / thought / meaning / sense / (bound form) intention / feeling / inclination / state of mind / (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yì dà lì])

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