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unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold
HSK 3
reform / CL: , 種|种, 項|项 / to reform
HSK 5
to improve (sth) / to reform (a system)
HSK 7-9
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
hurricane / violent reform or revolution / violent movement or force
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  *革* | 革* | *革
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)
to reform / to rectify and improve
Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝
(political) reform / revitalization / modernization
abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造 / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp)
corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example
education reform (abbr. for 教育改革)
(idiom) to reform habits and customs
to give a new lease of life / to reconstruct / to reform / to rework / to recycle / to reproduce (copies, or offspring) / restoration / restructuring
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
land reform (abbr. for 土地改革)
to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew
completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character
(of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies) / (of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study
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  *悛* | 悛* | *悛
to reform
to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways
lit. to restring one's bow / to reform and start over again
student who also works part-time / (old) reform-school student
Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
reform and renewal / generational change
reformatory / reform school
children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s / see also 窮二代|穷二代
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer
Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动
Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 / Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
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
Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
to return to the right path / to mend one's ways / to reform / Reformed (church etc)
PRC National Development and Reform Commission
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
reformer
political reform
Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
reform of the writing system
economic reform
the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同, Lin Xu 林旭, Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀, Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第, Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁 and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐
PRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State Planning Committee 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会, replaced in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会
super-ministry system (reform aimed at streamlining government department functions)
Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 洋務運動|洋务运动
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会 then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会
mixed ownership reform (strategy aimed at enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of state-owned enterprises)
"land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP
Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
reformatory / reform school
reformer
(neologism c. 2006) (of circumstances) to stimulate (change, esp. innovation, reform etc)
everyone participates in reforms (idiom) / to replace the old with new / to reform and start afresh
Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为 and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805
Pirate Party, political movement whose main goal is to reform copyright law in line with the Internet era
Tao Xingzhi (1891-1946), Chinese educator and reformer
it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
land reform
failed reform of Northern Song government in 1043
coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后 ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
political reform
mixed ownership reform (abbr. for 混合所有制改革)
Wang Pi (-c. 806), Tang dynasty chancellor and a leader of failed Yongzhen reform 永貞革新|永贞革新 of 805
direct management of a county by the province (PRC administrative reform)
to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s / see also 富二代
Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代, proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint
Hu-Wen New Administration (formed in 2003), ostensibly reform-oriented leadership of Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛 and Wen Jiabao 溫家寶|温家宝
steam reforming (chemistry)
to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method
reform of the medical system
financial reform (abbr. for 金融改革)
financial reform
leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group


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