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维新

wéi xīn

2-character word Traditional 維新

What 维新 means

1. (political) reform
2. revitalization
3. modernization

The characters in 维新

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)

Words starting with 维新

• 维新变法Wéi xīn Biàn fǎHundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
• 维新派wéi xīn pàithe reformist faction

Words containing 维新

• 明治维新Míng zhì Wéi xīnMeiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
• 咸与维新xián yù wéi xīneveryone participates in reforms (idiom); to replace the old with new…
• 戊戌维新Wù xū Wéi xīnHundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
• 百日维新Bǎi rì Wéi xīnHundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty

Sounds the same

Read wéi xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 违心false; untrue to one's convictions; against one's will