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暴动

bào dòng

2-character word Traditional 暴動

What 暴动 means

1. insurrection
2. rebellion

The characters in 暴动

• 暴bàosudden; violent; cruel
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 暴动开始时只有一位监狱长值班。
  Bàodòng kāishǐ shí zhǐ yǒu yī wèi jiānyù cháng zhíbān.
  There was only one warden on duty when the riot started.
• 革命就是一场暴动，一场由一个阶级推翻另一个阶级的暴力行动。
  A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.