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- 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. 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. 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
- Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
Trad. 法國大革命
- French Revolution (1789-1799)
Trad. 國民革命軍
- National Revolutionary Army
- Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
Trad. 資產階級革命
- bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Trad. 八寶山革命公墓
- Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Shijingshan District, Beijing
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)
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. 中國國民黨革命委員會
- Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang