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革命

gé mìng
HSK 7freq #2986

Meanings

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gé mìng
  1. 1.to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)
  2. 2.revolution
  3. 3.revolutionary
  4. 4.to revolt (against sb or sth)
  5. 5.to revolutionize (sth)
  6. 6.(separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)
  7. 7.CL:次[cì]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to revolt; to start a revolution
  2. 2.to revolutionize; to transform completely
  3. 3.to have a dynastic change, (i.e. to change/remove the Mandate of Heaven in accordance with the latter's will)
  4. 4.revolution (political upheaval or sudden change in a situation or discipline)
  5. 5.revolutionary

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Etymology

;to have a dynasty change ;"to revolt" → "to revolutionize", "revolution", "revolutionary (adj.)" The modern sense was re-adapted by Japanese intellectuals to translate political literature from the West in the pre-Meiji period, notably Nakae Chōmin's 1887 translation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Social Contract," titled 民約訳解(みんやくやくかい) (min'yakuyakukai).

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Stroke order

Components

革廿中十
命亼叩

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Characters

革命

Example sentences

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Derived terms

七月革命二月革命二次革命十月革命反革命國民革命国民革命工業革命工业革命技術革命技术革命文化大革命文化革命文學革命文学革命新石器革命暴力革命民主革命法國大革命法国大革命湯武革命汤武革命產業革命产业革命社會革命社会革命綠色革命绿色革命資訊革命资讯革命

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Related words

革命家 a revolutionary反革命 counterrevolutionary革命性 revolutionary十月革命 October Revolution法国革命 French Revolution (1789)革命烈士 martyr of the revolution辛亥革命 Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty汤武革命 the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商汤[Shāng Tāng], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[Zhōu Wǔ wáng]民主革命 democratic revolution革命先烈 martyr to the revolution二次革命 Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凯[Yuán Shì kǎi] and the Northern Warlords工业革命 Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830