Complex sentence: After the Chinese Civil War, the People's Republic of China continued the effort, and in 1955, officially renamed "guóyǔ" with "pǔtōnghuà" (普通话/普通話), or "common speech".
Split into simpler sentences: After the Chinese Civil War, the People's Republic of China continued the effort. In 1955, the name "guóyǔ" was replaced by "pǔtōnghuà" (普通话/普通話), or "common speech".