| 释义 |
Examples:Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists—Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)—cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August—Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War—9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey—bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis—8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep—Jon Huntsman, Jr. (1960-) Governor of Utah from 2005 2009, US Ambassador to China since August 2009— |