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革命

gé mìng

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革命 (gé mìng) means "revolution". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 革命 means

1. to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)
2. revolution
3. revolutionary
4. to revolt (against sb or sth)
5. to revolutionize (sth)
6. (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)

The characters in 革命

• 革géanimal hide; leather; to reform
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Example sentences

• 革命万岁！
  Gémìng wànsuì!
  Long live the Revolution!
• 革命迎来了新时代。
  Gémìng yíng lái le xīnshídài.
  The revolution ushered in a new era.
• 革命不是请客吃饭。
  A revolution is not a dinner party.
• 革命的时候他被吊死了。
  Gémìng de shíhou tā bèi diàosǐ le.
  He was hanged during the Revolution.
• 这本书的主题是美国革命。
  Zhè běn shū de zhǔtí shì Měiguó gémìng.
  The principal theme of the book is the American Revolution.
• 失败的革命很快就被遗忘了。
  Shībài de gémìng hěn kuài jiù bèi yíwàng le.
  Defeated revolutions are forgotten quickly.

Words starting with 革命

• 革命家gé mìng jiāa revolutionary
• 革命性gé mìng xìngrevolutionary
• 革命先烈gé mìng xiān lièmartyr to the revolution
• 革命烈士gé mìng liè shìmartyr of the revolution

Words containing 革命

• 文化大革命Wén huà Dà gé mìngCultural Revolution (1966-1976)
• 反革命fǎn gé mìngcounterrevolutionary
• 辛亥革命Xīn hài Gé mìngXinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
• 工业革命Gōng yè Gé mìngIndustrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
• 民主革命mín zhǔ gé mìngdemocratic revolution; bourgeois revolution…
• 法国大革命Fǎ guó Dà gé mìngFrench Revolution (1789-1799)
• 法国革命Fǎ guó Gé mìngFrench Revolution (1789)
• 国民革命军Guó mín Gé mìng jūnNational Revolutionary Army
• 资产阶级革命zī chǎn jiē jí gé mìngbourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
• 光荣革命Guāng róng Gé mìngGlorious Revolution (England, 1688)
• 汤武革命Tāng Wǔ Gé mìngthe Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king…
• 二次革命Èr cì Gé mìngSecond Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government…
• 十月革命Shí yuè Gé mìngOctober Revolution
• 新民主主义革命Xīn Mín zhǔ zhǔ yì Gé mìng(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
• 身体是革命的本钱shēn tǐ shì gé mìng de běn qiánlit. the body is the revolution's capital; fig. good health is a prerequisite for work…
• 中国国民党革命委员会Zhōng guó Guó mín dǎng Gé mìng Wěi yuán huìRevolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
• 镇压反革命运动Zhèn yā Fǎn gé mìng Yùn dòngCampaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952)…
• 旧民主主义革命jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìngold democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution…
• 反革命宣传煽动罪fǎn gé mìng xuān chuán shān dòng zuìthe crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
• 八宝山革命公墓Bā bǎo shān Gé mìng Gōng mùBabaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Shijingshan District, Beijing
• 四一二反革命政变sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàncounterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the…

Where 革命 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Festivals, Traditions & Cultural History (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gé mìng correctly.
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