| 三大纪律八项注意 |
Sān Dà Jì lǜ Bā Xiàng Zhù yì |
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 |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 纪 |
Jǐ |
surname Ji / also pr. [Ji4] |
| 纪 |
jì |
order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle |
| 纪律 |
jì lǜ |
discipline |
| 律 |
Lǜ |
surname Lü |
| 律 |
lǜ |
law |
| 八 |
bā |
eight |
| 项 |
Xiàng |
surname Xiang |
| 项 |
xiàng |
back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 注 |
zhù |
to inject / to pour into / to concentrate / to pay attention / stake (gambling) / classifier for sums of money / variant of 注 |
| 注 |
zhù |
to register / to annotate / note / comment |
| 注意 |
zhù yì |
to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意 |
Yì |
Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利) |
| 意 |
yì |
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate |