the Burma railway
/ðə ˌbɜːmə ˈreɪlweɪ/
/ðə ˌbɜːrmə ˈreɪlweɪ/
- a railway built by the Japanese in Burma during the Second World War. They used prisoners of war to build the railway, and many of them died. The film, Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), is about a group of British prisoners who have to build a bridge for the railway.
缅甸铁路：第二次世界大战期间日本人在缅甸建造的铁路。他们利用战俘修建铁路，其中许多人死亡。电影《桂河大桥》（1957年）讲述了一群英国囚犯，他们必须为铁路建造一座桥梁。