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革命
Mandarin · pinyin gé mìng
Meanings
- 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 革noun的命)
- Classifier: 次 cì
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2–4 · ge2 ming4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaak3 ming6
Cantonese word readings for 革命. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to revolt; to start a revolution
- (figurative) to revolutionize; to transform completely
- (archaic) to have a dynastic change, (i.e. to change/remove the Mandate of Heaven in accordance with the latter's will)
noun
- revolution (political upheaval or sudden change in a situation or discipline)
adj
- (attributive) revolutionary
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