Xiāng yǒng

湘勇 (Xiāng yǒng) is a Chinese word meaning “Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion”.

Meanings

  1. 1Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion

Characters in 湘勇

湘Xiāng · abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China勇yǒng · brave

Related words

勇敢brave; courageous勇气courage勇士a warrior英勇heroic勇brave勇猛bold and powerful勇往直前to advance bravely勇于to dare to自告奋勇to volunteer for奋勇dauntless见义勇为(idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action神勇extraordinarily brave

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