革
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Definitions
- 1. animal hide
- 2. leather
- 3. to reform
- 4. to remove
- 5. to expel (from office)
Words Containing 革
reform
to reform and open to the outside world
leather
to transform
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)
to innovate
Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
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[yuán shì kǎi] and the Northern Warlords
Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
dengue fever
dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
October Revolution
counterrevolutionary
the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
PRC National Development and Reform Commission
National Revolutionary Army
land reform
Damascus, capital of Syria
damson (fruit)
(Protestant) Reformation
Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
reformer
the reformist party
reformer
reform process
political reform
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
reform of the writing system
(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
historical development
democratic revolution
Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文[wáng shū wén]
evolution of sth over time
French Revolution (1789-1799)
French Revolution (1789)
lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
mixed ownership reform (strategy aimed at enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of state-owned enterprises)
the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|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]
dengue fever
dengue vaccine
dengue virus
fellmonger
economic reform
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Geiger counter
to dismiss
dressed in Western-style clothes
change management (business)
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
lit. the body is the revolution's capital
Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
financial reform
to fire
to expel
to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery)
to excommunicate (from a church)
Ge'gyai county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Dge rgyas rdzong
Ge'gyai county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Dge rgyas rdzong
martyr to the revolution
a revolutionary
revolutionary
martyr of the revolution
leather purse
leather (shoes)
to sack
Mr Gram
Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
Gram-positive (bacteria)
Gram-positive (bacteria)
leather goods
to dismiss from a post
to eliminate
lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
change of dynasties