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革

gé

leather, animal hides; Kangxi radical 177; hexagram ䷰

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9
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革
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5
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2

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Example sentences

  • 革命万岁!

    Gé mìng wàn suì

    Long live the Revolution!

  • 他们忙于社会改革。

    Tā men máng yú shè huì gǎi gé

    They were busy working for social reforms.

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  • 革命迎来了新时代。

    Gé mìng yíng lái le xīn shí dài

    The revolution ushered in a new era.

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  • 我支持政治改革。

    Wǒ zhī chí zhèng zhì gǎi gé

    I support political reform.

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Words containing 革

  • 革命gé mìng 2–4 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)
  • 改革gǎi gé 3–2 reform; to reform
  • 皮革pí gé 2–2 leather
  • 革新gé xīn 2–1 to innovate; innovation
  • 改革开放gǎi gé kāi fàng 3–2–1–4to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
  • 变革biàn gé 4–2 to transform; to change