“祖国”一词在《现代汉语辞典》中只有一句非常理性的解释：“自己的国家”。这样解释不能说没有道理，但太过于简单和粗糙。“祖国”一词所具有的深刻内涵，其实是任何一个汉语词汇都无法比肩的。她是那样的浓厚，那样的广博，那样的神圣，那样的高远；她又是那样的朴素，那 The word “motherland” has only a very rational explanation in the Dictionary of Modern Chinese: “My own country.” This explanation can not be justified, but it is too simplistic and rough. The profound meaning of the word “motherland” is actually incomparable with any one of the Chinese terms. She is so thick, so broad, so sacred, so lofty; she is so simple, that