正A number of words and terms bearing the signs of a nation’s history can be foundin her language.More often than not,they are closely related either to some events ofsignificance or to some persons or places of interest in history.War is one of importantactivities in human life.A war,no matter whether it is of long or short duration,ona world-wide or regional scale,will leave behind a lexical legacy to us.Modern Chinesehistory,in the military context alone,has given rise to a great many terms of this kindsuch as the“Long March”,the“Eighth Route Army”,the“Huaihai Campaign”,“Shang-
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