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sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
HSK 4
duty; obligation (CL:項|项) / volunteer (work etc)
HSK 4
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose
HSK 6
definition / to define
HSK 7-9
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
socialism
HSK 7-9
(idiom, from the Analects) (usu. of a passer-by who comes across a critical situation) to step in and help; to take brave or selfless action
HSK 7-9
broad sense / general sense
HSK 7-9
content / meaning / connotation / implication
HSK 7-9
chivalrous / chivalry / knight-errantry
HSK 7-9
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
volunteer worker / volunteer work
HSK 7-9
completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
HSK 7-9
bureaucracy
HSK 7-9
imperialism
HSK 7-9
capitalism
HSK 7-9
Nazism
environmentalism
postmodernism
antonym
morality / righteousness and justice
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, 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 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
conservatism
nationalism / statism
custom / user-defined
March of the Volunteer Army (PRC National Anthem)
righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
Freeganism
historical materialism (Marx's theory of history)
courageous in fighting for a just cause
Jintian Uprising
(Tw) Italy
Zionism
the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine
(idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维)
rationalism
to be chivalrous
objectivist philosophy
derogatory sense / negative connotation
meaning of a word
chauvinism
righteousness
the essentials
nudist
Yima, a county-level city in Sanmenxia City 三門峽市|三门峡市, Henan
utopian socialism
Yizhu or Ichu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
meaning of a character
to swear brotherhood
(linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
narrow sense / restricted sense
meaning of words / semantic
to hold a charity bazaar; to sell goods for a good cause
as the name implies
near-synonym
teaching materials
to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme
original meaning / literal sense
anti-intellectualism
adoptive father
righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing
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
affection / comradeship
Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
uprising / insurrection / revolt
to meet as volunteers for an uprising
commendatory sense / positive connotation
to provide free medical treatment / to provide medical treatment, donating consultation fees to a charitable cause
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5]
artificial tooth
Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan / Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Keelung City 基隆市, Taiwan / Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
good faith / honor / trust and justice
adopted son
creed / doctrine / teachings
eclecticism
a doubtful point
artificial limb / prosthesis
high-minded and righteous person / patriot / loyalist
volunteer army
Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan
to declare at the outset (idiom)
loyal and righteous / fealty / loyalty
Yi county in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
those with lofty ideals (idiom) / men of vision
supremely honorable and righteous
benefit performance / charity show
to be killed for a righteous cause / to die a martyr
petty favors

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