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HSK
sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
duty; obligation (CL:項|项) / volunteer (work etc)
HSK 4
meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
HSK 4
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose
HSK 6
content / meaning / connotation / implication
HSK 7-9
definition / to define
HSK 7-9
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
volunteer worker / volunteer work
HSK 7-9
broad sense / general sense
HSK 7-9
socialism
HSK 7-9
chivalrous / chivalry / knight-errantry
HSK 7-9
capitalism
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
to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause
HSK 7-9
imperialism
HSK 7-9
completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
HSK 7-9
bureaucracy
HSK 7-9
artificial limb / prosthesis
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surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利)
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justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
Marxism
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 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
Shunyi, a district of Beijing
Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan
Yiwu, county-level city in Jinhua 金華|金华, Zhejiang
Chiayi city in central Taiwan
a doubtful point
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
Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
feelings of gratitude and loyalty
Jiayi or Chiayi County in west Taiwan
synonym
money worship
antonymous / (genetic) antisense
antonym
(Tw) Italy
the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine
original meaning / literal sense
communism
egoism
dogmatism
totalitarianism
creed / doctrine / teachings
Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
cynicism
Zunyi, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省
affection / comradeship
to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme
injustice
feminism
compulsory education
realism
as the name implies
the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history)
to provide free medical treatment / to provide medical treatment, donating consultation fees to a charitable cause
democracy
righteous man
to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by
loyal and righteous / fealty / loyalty
Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
polyseme / polysemous word
materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
meaning of a character
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
virtuous deed
courageous in fighting for a just cause
patriotism
adoptive father
spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5]
ambiguity / several possible meanings
humanism / humanitarian (aid)
racism
not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom) / incumbent / bounden (duty)
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
sense (of a word)
artificial tooth
vigilante / volunteer (police)
Leninism
pragmatism
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
adoptive mother
idealism
individualism
militarism
(idiom) to quote out of context
meaning of a word
Yi'an, a district of Tongling City 銅陵市|铜陵市, Anhui
to swear brotherhood
peasant revolt
surrealism
righteousness / justice
to define
distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy
to declare at the outset (idiom)
protectionism
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it

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