"Praise The Dragon Flag"
Quasi-official
After the Department of Army was established in 1906, it became the army song, and had been played at formal occasions overseas.
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於斯萬年， |
Here for ten thousand years, |
¹兆 usually means one trillion (1012), but it could mean one million (106), and should have that value here in the song for factual accuracy. See Chinese numerals for details.
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