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reform / CL: , 種|种, 項|项 / to reform
HSK 5
to innovate / innovation
HSK 6
to transform / to change
HSK 7-9
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern noun的命) / CL:
HSK 7-9
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
leather / CL: 張|张
a revolutionary
evolution of sth over time / course of development / history
Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
dengue fever / Singapore hemorrhagic fever
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animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)
revolutionary
(Protestant) Reformation
dressed in Western-style clothes / impeccably attired
Damascus, capital of Syria
martyr of the revolution
National Revolutionary Army
economic reform
land reform
October Revolution
counterrevolutionary
Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
martyr to the revolution
the reformist party
leather purse / fig. human body
reform of the writing system
to dismiss / to lay off
to dismiss from a post
the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤, of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王
old democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
to sack / to remove from a position / to depose
change of dynasties / clear out the old, bring in the new
Ge'gyai county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Dge rgyas rdzong
lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
leather (shoes) / fig. Western dress
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
Ge'gyai county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Dge rgyas rdzong
Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命)
political reform
synthetic leather
dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)
PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
PRC National Development and Reform Commission
reformer
financial reform
Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
reformer
(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
dengue virus
Geiger counter
leather goods
Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
artificial leather
Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
dengue fever
the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
damson (fruit)
historical development / background
Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文
French Revolution (1789-1799)
French Revolution (1789)
mixed ownership reform (strategy aimed at enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of state-owned enterprises)
dengue vaccine
fellmonger / a dealer who works with animal hides and skins
change management (business)
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
lit. the body is the revolution's capital / fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動|镇反运动
to fire / to discharge
to expel / to kick out
to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery)
to excommunicate (from a church)
Mr Gram / Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法
Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
Gram-positive (bacteria)
Gram-positive (bacteria)
to eliminate / to expel / to abolish
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield


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