民主革命

Mandarin · pinyin mín zhǔ gé mìng

Meanings

  1. democratic revolution
  2. bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
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民
mín · people, subjects, citizens
主
zhǔ · master, chief owner; host; lord
革
gé · leather, animal hides; Kangxi radical 177; hexagram ䷰
命
mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
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2–3–2–4 · min2 zhu3 ge2 ming4

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man4 zyu2 gaak3 ming6

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noun

  1. (political science) democratic revolution

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Exact source record民主革命 民主革命 [min2 zhu3 ge2 ming4] /democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)/