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- Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
- to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)
- revolution
- revolutionary
- to revolt (against sb or sth)
- to revolutionize (sth)
- (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)
- CL:次[ci4]
Trad. 革吉縣
- Ge'gyai county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Dge rgyas rdzong
Trad. 革蘭氏
- Mr Gram
- Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法
Trad. 西裝革履
- dressed in Western-style clothes
- impeccably attired
Trad. 工業革命
- Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
- democratic revolution
- bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Trad. 光榮革命
- Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
Trad. 永貞革新
- Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文[Wang2 Shu1 wen2]
Trad. 馬革裹屍
- to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
- to give one's life on the battlefield
Trad. 湯武革命
- the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤[Shang1 Tang1], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
- Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] and the Northern Warlords
- lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
- to turn over a new leaf
Trad. 歷史沿革
- historical development
- background
Trad. 改革開放
- to reform and open to the outside world
- refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
- Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
Trad. 革出山門
- to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery)
Trad. 革出教門
- to excommunicate (from a church)
- to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
- lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
- to turn over a new leaf
Trad. 法國大革命
- French Revolution (1789-1799)
Trad. 國民革命軍
- National Revolutionary Army
- Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
Trad. 革蘭氏陰性
- Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
Trad. 出血性登革熱
- dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
Trad. 資產階級革命
- bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Trad. 革蘭氏染色法
- Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
Trad. 八寶山革命公墓
- Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Shijingshan District, Beijing
Trad. 國家發展改革委
- PRC National Development and Reform Commission
Trad. 鎮壓反革命運動
- Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動|镇反运动[Zhen4 fan3 Yun4 dong4]
Trad. 新民主主義革命
- (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
- mixed ownership reform (strategy aimed at enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of state-owned enterprises)
Trad. 舊民主主義革命
- old democratic revolution
- bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Trad. 反革命宣傳煽動罪
- the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
Trad. 身體是革命的本錢
- lit. the body is the revolution's capital
- fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
Trad. 四一二反革命政變
- counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
Trad. 國家發展和改革委員會
- PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
Trad. 中國國民黨革命委員會
- Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang