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HSK
meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
HSK 4
sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
definition / to define
HSK 7-9
name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose
HSK 6
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
chivalrous / chivalry / knight-errantry
HSK 7-9
content / meaning / connotation / implication
HSK 7-9
capitalism
HSK 7-9
imperialism
HSK 7-9
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
Fu Zuoyi (1895–1974), Chinese general and politician, Nationalist commander who negotiated the peaceful surrender of Beiping (Beijing) to the Communists in 1949, and later held senior posts in the PRC government
impressionism
optimism
protectionism
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
feminism
internationalism
terrorism
absolutism / despotism / autocracy
pacifism
synonymous
humanism / humanitarian (aid)
historic significance
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *义* | 义* | *义
surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *义* | 义* | *义
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
broad sense / general sense
HSK 7-9
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
to define
humanism
communism
collectivism
egoism
injustice
bureaucracy
HSK 7-9
pragmatism
meritocracy
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
to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by
conservatism
righteousness
militarism
socialism
HSK 7-9
egalitarianism
materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
separatism
benevolence and righteousness
affable and even-tempered
the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
unilateralism
Maoism
opportunism / pragmatism
cynicism
progressivism
Marxism-Leninism
to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting
philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
derogatory sense / negative connotation
Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
utilitarianism
patriotism
masculism
policy of nonresistance
existentialism
nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
vegetarianism
loyal and righteous / fealty / loyalty
heterosexism
(semantics) connotative meaning; connotation
feudalism
meaning of a character
meaning of words / semantic
utilitarianism
Formalism (art)
completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
HSK 7-9
national socialism / Nazism
environmentalism
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
as the name implies
Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
feelings of gratitude and loyalty
creed / doctrine / teachings
extremism
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
the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine
altruism
empiricism
adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
not to have any meaning / meaningless
hegemonism
Marxism
Marxism-Leninism
hedonism
original meaning

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