lì shǐ history

fèng phoenix

yuè tái railway platform

dì miàn floor; ground; surface

cǎo shū grass script (a style of Chinese calligraphy); cursive

duì lián rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway

miáo shù to describe; description

xiān bèi elders; former generations

bù qū unyielding; unbending

bù qū bù náo unyielding; indomitable

jiàn shè to build; to construct; construction; constructive

fèn dòu to strive; to struggle

dà tīng hall; lounge

miáo huì to describe; to portray

yán àn coastal area; littoral or riparian

chǎng jǐng scene; scenario; setting

fǎn yìng to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; fig. to report; to make known; to render; used erroneously for 反应, response or reaction

jīn xī past and present; yesterday and today

bō li glass; nylon; plastic

xiāng cūn rustic; village; countryside

guò chéng course of events; process

jì yǒu existing

huái niàn to cherish the memory of; to think of; reminisce

jīn rì today

zàn tàn to sigh or gasp in admiration; high praise

bā xī Brazil

tóng bāo born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot

fǎn kàng to resist; to rebel

rì běn Japan; Japanese

qīn lüè invasion; encroachment

zhàn zhēng war; conflict

xī shēng to sacrifice oneself; to lay down one's life; to do sth at the expense of; beast slaughtered for sacrifice; sacrifice

dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time

hǎi bào poster; playbill; notice

fāng shì way (of life); pattern; style; mode; manner

biǎo dá to voice (an opinion); to express; to convey

jìng yì respect; tribute

xiān sheng Mister (Mr.); teacher; husband; doctor (dialect)

chuàng bàn to establish; to found; to launch

huá qiáo overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality

zhōng xué middle school

huá zhōng central China

mìng míng to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming

shuǐ liú river; stream

xù rì the rising sun

zhōng xué shēng middle-school student; high school student

xiào xùn school motto

chuàng zuò to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation