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革
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Definitions
- 1. animal hide
- 2. leather
- 3. to reform
- 4. to remove
- 5. to expel (from office)
Example Sentences
1 shown革 命万岁！
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Words Containing 革
PRC National Development and Reform Commission
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
damson (fruit)
political reform
dengue fever
to dismiss from a post
Ge'gyai county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Dge rgyas rdzong
to dismiss
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]
to expel
counterrevolutionary
Ge'gyai county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Dge rgyas rdzong
Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
martyr of the revolution
French Revolution (1789-1799)
democratic revolution
to fire
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
to innovate
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)
to reform and open to the outside world
(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
National Revolutionary Army
land reform
PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
fellmonger
lit. the body is the revolution's capital
change of dynasties
to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery)
economic reform
(Protestant) Reformation
revolutionary
dressed in Western-style clothes
financial reform
the reformist party
leather purse
change management (business)
martyr to the revolution
dengue vaccine
Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文[wáng shū wén]
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
Geiger counter
reform
to excommunicate (from a church)
to sack
Gram-positive (bacteria)
dengue fever
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
October Revolution
reform of the writing system
lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
dengue virus
reformer
Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
Mr Gram
Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
reform process
to transform
to eliminate
Damascus, capital of Syria
a revolutionary
reformer
evolution of sth over time
Gram-positive (bacteria)
leather (shoes)
Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
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
Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
mixed ownership reform (strategy aimed at enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of state-owned enterprises)
historical development
leather
dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
leather goods
French Revolution (1789)