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Eighth Route Army

Eighth Route Army proper noun: a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party that fought the Japanese military and its puppet armies in both conventional and guerrilla warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Proper noun

Eighth Route Army

  1. (historical) a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party that fought the Japanese military and its puppet armies in both conventional and guerrilla warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Origin of Eighth Route Army

Calque of Chinese 八路軍 /八路军 (Bālùjūn).

Questions about Eighth Route Army

What does Eighth Route Army mean?
Eighth Route Army means a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party that fought the Japanese military and its puppet armies in both conventional and guerrilla warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
What part of speech is Eighth Route Army?
Eighth Route Army is a proper noun.

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