红军

Traditional form:

紅軍

Pinyin (reading):

Hóngjūn

Definitions:

• Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA
• (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)

Characters:

• 红 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
• 军 - army, military; soldiers, troops

Traditional characters:

• 紅 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
• 軍 - army, military; soldiers, troops