三大纪律八项注意

Traditional form:

三大紀律八項注意

Pinyin (reading):

Sān Dà Jìlü Bā Xiàng Zhùyì

Definitions:

• 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

Characters:

• 三 - three
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 纪 - discipline, age; period, era; record, annal
• 律 - statute, principle, regulation
• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 项 - neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
• 注 - to concentrate, to focus
• 意 - thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention

Traditional characters:

• 三 - three
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 紀 - discipline, age; period, era; record, annal
• 律 - statute, principle, regulation
• 八 - eight; all around, all sides
• 項 - neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
• 注 - to concentrate, to focus
• 意 - thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention