People's Liberation Army

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People's Liberation Army

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Calque of Chinese 人民解放軍 /人民解放军 (rénmín jiěfàngjūn).

proper noun the People's Liberation Army

  1. People's Liberation Army Ground Force, the army branch of the military arm of the People's Republic of China. Jinggangshan [translating 井岡山 /井冈山 (Jǐnggāngshān)] is considered the "cradle of the Chinese revolution" and, in 1927, was the official birthplace of the Red Army, now known as the People's Liberation Army of China.

    Similar: PLA

  2. The military arm of the People's Republic of China.

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EspañolEjército Popular de Liberación
한국어중국 인민해방군 Jungguk inminhaebanggun, 中國人民解放軍
日本語中国人民解放軍 Chūgoku jinmin kaihōgun
中文中國人民解放軍 /中国人民解放军 Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn, 解放軍 /解放军 jiěfàngjūn
हिन्दीजनवरी मुक्ति सेना janavrī mukti senā
FrançaisArmée populaire de libération
DeutschVolksbefreiungsarmee
ItalianoEsercito Popolare di Liberazione
ΕλληνικάΛαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós
РусскийНаро́дно-освободи́тельная а́рмия Кита́я Naródno-osvobodítelʹnaja ármija Kitája
Tiếng ViệtGiải phóng quân Nhân dân Trung Quốc
العربيةجَيْش التَحْرِير الشَعْبِيّ الصِينِيّ jayš at-taḥrīr aš-šaʕbiyy aṣ-ṣīniyy

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@misc{people_s_liberation_army_2026,
  title = {People's Liberation Army},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/people's%20liberation%20army},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}