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Definitions
- 1. justice
- 2. righteousness
- 3. meaning
- 4. foster (father etc)
- 5. adopted
- 6. artificial (tooth, limb etc)
- 7. relationship
- 8. friendship
Words Containing 义
benefit performance
high-minded and righteous person
neoclassicism
interpretation of the divinatory trigrams
Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
anarchism
special relativity
self-appointed moral arbiter
People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
to quote out of context (idiom)
transcendentalism
Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
nominally
patriotism
meritocracy
adopted daughter
cliquism
character with opposite meaning
volunteer worker
Zunyi prefecture-level city in Guizhou 貴州|贵州[guì zhōu]
to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì]) (idiom)
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
original meaning
broad sense
sound and meaning
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back
Nazism
constructivist theory
chivalrous
separatism
ambiguity
in bad faith
missense mutation
(computing) escape sequence
nudism
Enlightenment (philosophy)
social Darwinism
realism
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
male chauvinist
Monroe Doctrine
civil obligation
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991
to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
adopted son
(economics) distributism
righteous deed
chauvinism
bazaar
pragmatism
adoptive father
democracy
synonym
benevolence and righteousness
populism
feudalism
to forget loyalty when in love
environmentalism
to disambiguate
materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
(linguistics) transferred meaning
Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
Stoicism
to meet as volunteers for an uprising
uprising
capitalism
national socialism
Marxism-Leninism
surrealism
opportunism
righteousness
collectivism
feminism
Gongyi, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan
Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician
fascism
ASHIKAGA Yoshimasa (1435-1490), eighth Ashikaga shōgun, reigned 1449-1473
synonymous
mysticism
democracy
communism
righteous struggle
synonym
objective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy)
Zunyi prefecture-level city in Guizhou 貴州|贵州[guì zhōu]
Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan
doctrine (esp. religious)
Comintern
to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth
peasant revolt
Sinocentrism
scientism
Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi
historic significance
militarism
righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
humanism
meaning of words
extended meaning (of an expression)
Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao
commendatory sense
differing opinion
hedonist
unilateralism
romanticism
nudism
Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[shì shuō xīn yǔ]
Communist Youth League of China
to dramatize historical events
social democracy
to be loyal (to one's friends)
subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
Zunyi conference of January 1935 before the Long March
Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[sān mén xiá], Henan
adoptive mother
to reason with sb
symbolism
Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi
neocolonialism
Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong
righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
Justicialist Party
masculism
cynicism
historical materialism (Marx's theory of history)
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)
to swear brotherhood
Said or Sayed (Arabic name)
affable and even-tempered
veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products
racist (person)
egoism
as the name implies
libertarianism
Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父
Shunyi district of Beijing, formerly Shunyi county
Socialist Education Movement (1963-66), formal name of the Four Cleanups Movement 四清運動|四清运动[sì qīng yùn dòng]
Maoism
Leninism
semantic categorization
the Boxer uprising
devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
to be loyal (to one's friends)
the Communist Youth League
domain (math.)
extremism
Proudhonism, 19th century socialist theory
Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
constitutionalism
-ism
nationalist feelings
perfectionist
polyseme
environmentalism
Yixianosaurus, genus of theropod dinosaur from Yi county 義縣|义县, Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, west Liaoning
Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
democrats
to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
public-spirited
Darwinism
Yizhu or Ichu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
radicalism
nationalism
nominal bank account
internationalism
petty kindness
Doctrine and Covenants
neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism)
National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节[zhí shù jié]
semantic analysis
Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
feelings of gratitude and loyalty
petty favors
Freeganism
potter's field
March of the Volunteer Army (PRC National Anthem)
character having several readings and meanings
(computing) escape character
Jintian Uprising
the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
egalitarianism
creed
monetarism
righteous anger
minimalism
terrorism
Xingyi city in Guizhou, capital of Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
bureaucracy
volunteer army
Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
Bakuninism, a 19th century socialist theory
to declare at the outset (idiom)
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jiǎ jiè zì] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[ér] originally meant \beard\ but acquired the meaning \and\)
crony capitalism
to make sense
pacifism
Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty
righteousness
protectionism
anti-intellectualism
breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray
Chiayi city in central Taiwan
justice
red tape
Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei
sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[sì wéi])
synonym
artificial tooth
adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)
individualism
Yiwu, county-level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[jīn huá], Zhejiang
connectionism
totalitarianism
male chauvinism
socialist
original meaning
male chauvinism
reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
popular uprising
Shunyi district of Beijing, formerly Shunyi county
transcendentalism
the Righteous and Harmonious Fists
behaviorism
not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
rationalism
Dazexiang Uprising, another name for 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[chén shèng wú guǎng qǐ yì]
Marxism
Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
to have a high notion of one's duty
teaching materials
positivism
nationalism
Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful uprisings of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party
terrorist
utilitarianism
spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice
selfish departmentalism
to disobey one's benefactor
the essentials
(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
righteous man
compound word such as 教室[jiào shì] or 國家|国家[guó jiā], whose meaning is related to the component hanzi, unlike compounds such as 玫瑰[méi guī]
semantics
Xingyi city in Guizhou, capital of Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩
lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom)
hedonism
vigilante
nominal value
activism
socialism
objectivist philosophy
heterosexism
uncommon meaning of a common word
volunteer army
eclecticism
synonym
affection
antisemitism
dogmatism
book worship
formation of a loanword using a combination of characters or words that suggests its meaning (as opposed to transliteration 音譯|音译[yīn yì]) (e.g. 超文本[chāo wén běn], 火車|火车[huǒ chē])
righteous indignation
(semantics) connotative meaning
policy of nonresistance
structuralism
conservatism
mercantilism
multiculturalism
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
regionalism
Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
Yi county in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
sense (of a word)
custom
On New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong
Yizhu or Ichu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
injustice
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
figurative meaning (of a word)
New Democracy
Zunyi county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[zūn yì], Guizhou
imperialism
quintessence
Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲|褚人获[chǔ rén huò]
revisionism
Jiayi or Chiayi County in west Taiwan
persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)
racism
ethnocentrism
adoptive parents
polysemy
empiricism
a Zionist
meaning of a character
utopian socialism
Boxer Rebellion
postmodernism
name
heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
meaning of a word
environmentalism
fideism
Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Gongyi, county-level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[zhèng zhōu], Henan
hypocrisy
Stalinism
Greater Han nationalism
impressionism
righteousness
social justice
policy of non-recognition
Yixianosaurus longimanus, theropod dinosaur from Yi county 義縣|义县, Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, west Liaoning
sectarianism
altruism
the Righteous and Harmonious Fists
Yima, county-level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[sān mén xiá], Henan
asceticism
loyal and righteous
Zionism
user-defined
vegetarianism
appeasement
justice is to be found everywhere (idiom)
liberalism
to provide free medical treatment
affectionate and true
tautology
environmentalist
general relativity
absolutism
national socialism
a doubtful point
principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
those with lofty ideals (idiom)
treason
equivocality
subjectivism
hegemonism
Formalism (art)
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
to be chivalrous
Marxism-Leninism
philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
semantic space
to be close friends
Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[zhāng jiā kǒu], Hebei
egalitarianism
antonymous
Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan
separatism
to define
feminism
to fulfill one's duty
narrow sense
money worship
progressivism
supremely honorable and righteous
statistically significant
distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. to give generously in a public cause
to see profit and remember morality (idiom); to act ethically
not to have any meaning
lookism
Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
utilitarianism
Ashikaga Yoshitane (1466-1523), Japanese Muromachi shogun 1490-93
Zunyi prefecture in Guizhou
morality
Yiwu, county-level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[jīn huá], Zhejiang
Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
predefined
idealism
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[luó guàn zhōng], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[liú bèi] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[shǔ hàn] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[cáo cāo] Wei 魏[wèi] as villains
existentialism
courageous in fighting for a just cause
ancient meaning
volunteer
ill-gotten wealth or gains
artificial limb
compulsory education
Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[liú bèi], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[zhāng fēi] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[guān yǔ] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[sān guó yǎn yì]
to split up
Laii township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[píng dōng xiàn], Taiwan
bioterrorism
Boyle (name)
to value material gain over righteousness
Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
derogatory sense
without meaning
extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty
definition
dialectical materialism
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius)
to be killed for a righteous cause
naturalism (philosophy)
Shin'ŭiju, capital of North Pyong'an Province, North Korea
humanism
to talk nonsense (idiom)
antonym
trade protectionism
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
to remove ambiguity
change of meaning
connectionism
defeatism
optimism
nihilism
ASHIKAGA Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), third Ashikaga shogun, reigned 1368-1394
the meaning of sth
meaning (implicit in a phrase)
nudist
Maoism
content
Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华[jīn huá], Zhejiang
Italian
distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy
compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
antisemitism
sense
Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan
colonialism
duty
Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华[jīn huá], Zhejiang
McCarthyism