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郑成功收复台湾

鄭成功收復臺灣

Koxinga Retakes Taiwan

Level 4 · Historical Anecdotes · 历史轶事 · 39 vocabulary words

Source: 《延平王户官杨英从征实录》 · Yang Ying's campaign records of the Prince of Yanping

明míng朝cháo末mò年nián,荷hé兰lán人rén占领zhàn lǐng了liǎo台湾tái wān。

At the end of the Ming dynasty, the Dutch occupied Taiwan.

郑zhèng成功chéng gōng率领shuài lǐng两liǎng万wàn五wǔ千qiān士兵shì bīng,坐zuò船chuán渡过dù guò台湾tái wān海峡hǎi xiá。

Zheng Chenggong led twenty-five thousand soldiers across the Taiwan Strait by ship.

他tā打败dǎ bài了liǎo荷hé兰lán军队jūn duì,收复shōu fù了liǎo台湾tái wān。

He defeated the Dutch forces and recovered Taiwan.

台湾tái wān人民rén mín非常fēi cháng高兴gāo xìng,把bǎ他tā当作dàng zuò英雄yīng xióng。郑zhèng成功chéng gōng开发kāi fā台湾tái wān,被bèi尊zūn为wéi国guó姓xìng爷yé。

The people of Taiwan rejoiced and took him as a hero. He developed the island and was honoured as 'Koxinga' — Lord of the Imperial Surname.

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