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解放
Mandarin · pinyin jiě fàng
Meanings
- to liberate
- to emancipate
- liberation
- refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949
- Classifier: 次 cì
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3–4 · jie3 fang4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaai2 fong3
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verb
- (ergative) to liberate; to emancipate; to free
- (ergative) to liberate; to emancipate; to free — (Mainland China, specifically of the Communist Party) to overthrow a regime somewhere, usually the Kuomintang's
- (ergative) to liberate; to emancipate; to free — (Mainland China, specifically of the Communist Party) to overthrow a regime somewhere, usually the Kuomintang's — (more specifically) the proclamation of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949
name
- (～區) Jiefang (a district of Jiaozuo, Henan, China)
- (～社區) Jiefang (a residential community in Lucheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
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