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  *国* | 国* | *国
country; nation; state / (bound form) national
HSK 1
to go abroad; to leave the country
HSK 2
whole nation / nationwide / countrywide / national
HSK 2
foreign country
HSK 1
United Nations
HSK 3
to return to one's home country
HSK 2
motherland
HSK 6
to love one's country / patriotic
HSK 4
People's Republic of China
Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗 in 658
empire / imperial
HSK 7-9
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surname Guo
Germany
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995), wartime predecessor of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那
Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012
United Kingdom (UK); Britain
to rule according to the law
Republic of China
republic
to invigorate the country through science and education
to defend one's country
member nation
Muslim countries / caliphate / Islamic State group (aka IS or ISIL or ISIS)
Russian empire (1546-1917)
France
Kingdom of Naples (1282-1860)
both countries; the two countries
each country / every country / various countries
my country; our country
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
world power
member country
United States; USA; US
transnational / multinational
HSK 7-9
neighboring country
HSK 7-9
having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom) / extremely wealthy
Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
United Kingdom
Russia
to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
most-favored nation (trade status)
to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
Czech Republic
Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
agricultural country
United Kingdom
to save the nation
to rule a country
to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
(ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)
powerful country / great power
(of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated / a fallen nation
creditor country
all nations
to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom) / to surrender territory under humiliating terms
(idiom) land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan)
kingdom / realm
HSK 7-9
the countries involved
neutral country
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
various countries
signatory states / countries that are party to a treaty
guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
to bring peace and stability to the country
allies / united countries
United States of America
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976
to betray one's country
exotic / foreign
Nazi Germany (1933-1945)
Canada
ancient country
to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country
to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations / refers to the travels of Confucius
your distinguished country
South Korea (Republic of Korea) / (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄
Kingdom of Heaven
Bangladesh
to found a state / to open a closed country
another country
allied nation / ally / confederation
(idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country
Xuexi Qiangguo, PRC app designed to teach Xi Jinping Thought, released in 2019
Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
to close a country; to exclude foreign contact / closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc)
multinational
(Tw) Dominican Republic
Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)
rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan)
enemy country
Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
Austria
oil-producing countries
to spread throughout the entire country
military nuclear power
(archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state

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