#416 台灣的歷史事件 Historical Events in Taiwan

沉重 chén zhòng – heavy; serious; emotionally weighty

二二八事件 èr èr bā shì jiàn – the February 28 Incident (1947 Taiwan uprising and massacre)

第二次世界大戰 dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn – World War II

殖民統治 zhí mín tǒng zhì – colonial rule

戰敗 zhàn bài – to be defeated in war

中華民國政府 zhōng huá mín guó zhèng fǔ – Republic of China (ROC) government

接收 jiē shōu – to take over; to receive control of

沿海各地 yán hǎi gè dì – coastal regions

統治 tǒng zhì – to rule; to govern

通貨膨脹 tōng huò péng zhàng – inflation

物資 wù zī – supplies; goods

衝突 chōng tú – conflict

軍政人員 jūn zhèng rén yuán – military and government personnel

戰勝者 zhàn shèng zhě – victor; winner of a war

軍紀 jūn jì – military discipline

貪污 tān wū – corruption; embezzlement

累積 lěi jī – to accumulate

查緝 chá qì – to investigate and crack down on

私菸 sī yān – illegal cigarettes; smuggled tobacco

粗暴 cū bào – rude; violent; rough

開槍打傷 kāi qiāng dǎ shāng – to shoot and injure

死亡 sǐ wáng – death

引爆 yǐn bào – to ignite; to trigger (anger or conflict)

受夠了 shòu gòu le – to have had enough

行政長官 xíng zhèng zhǎng guān – chief executive; administrative governor

請願 qǐng yuàn – to petition

搗亂 dǎo luàn – to cause trouble; to disrupt

衛兵 wèi bīng – guard; sentry

開槍掃射 kāi qiāng sǎo shè – to open fire indiscriminately

抗爭 kàng zhēng – to protest; to resist

陸續 lù xù – one after another; successively

爆發 bào fā – to erupt; to break out

委員會 wěi yuán huì – committee

改革 gǎi gé – reform

暗中 àn zhōng – secretly; behind the scenes

南京 Nán jīng – Nanjing

求援 qiú yuán – to ask for military help

血腥 xiě xīng – bloody; brutal

鎮壓 zhèn yā – to suppress by force

清鄉 qīng xiāng – village purge; violent crackdown on civilians

知識份子 zhī shì fèn zǐ – intellectuals

老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng – ordinary people; civilians

恐懼 kǒng jù – fear; terror

戒嚴 jiè yán – martial law

紀念公園 jì niàn gōng yuán – memorial park

紀念碑 jì niàn bēi – memorial monument

緬懷 miǎn huái – to commemorate; to remember with respect

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