1911 2011
辛亥革命
China's first President Sun Yat-Sen and military commander Huang Xing lead the revolutionary Wuchang Uprising in a bid to put an end to the reign of the Qing Dynasty.
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| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 完毕 完畢 | to finish; to end; to complete | |
| 烤 烤 | to roast; to bake; to broil | |
| 致 緻 | (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 革命 革命 | 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) | |
| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 灰 灰 | ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected | |
| 眼神 眼神 | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) | |
| 从未 從未 | never | |
| 率 率 | rate; frequency | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 并非 並非 | really isn't | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 砸 砸 | to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 同志 同志 | comrade; (slang) homosexual | |
| 则 則 | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 蛊惑人心 蠱惑人心 | to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom); to resort to demagogy | Idiom |
| 大逆不道 大逆不道 | disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) | Idiom |
| 不堪一击 不堪一擊 | (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow | Idiom |
| 强词夺理 強詞奪理 | to twist words and force logic (idiom); sophistry; loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument; shoving false arguments down people's throats | Idiom |
| 铤而走险 鋌而走險 | to take a risk out of desperation (idiom) | Idiom |
| 赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 | to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless | Idiom |
| 蒙昧无知 蒙昧無知 | benighted (idiom); ignorant | Idiom |
| 老谋深算 老謀深算 | rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect | Idiom |
| 轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 | strong; vigorous; large-scale | Idiom |
| 时过境迁 時過境遷 | things change with the passage of time (idiom) | Idiom |
| 病入膏肓 病入膏肓 | lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure; the situation is hopeless | Idiom |
| 不名一文 不名一文 | without a penny to one's name; penniless; stony-broke | Idiom |
| 皇亲国戚 皇親國戚 | the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections | Idiom |
| 目不识丁 目不識丁 | lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate | Idiom |
| 授人以柄 授人以柄 | to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom); to give someone a hold on oneself | Idiom |
| 倒行逆施 倒行逆施 | to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history; a perverse way of doing things | Idiom |
| 一触即发 一觸即發 | could happen at any moment; on the verge | Idiom |
| 权宜之计 權宜之計 | plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift stratagem; interim step | Idiom |
| 如坐针毡 如坐針氈 | lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom); fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation | Idiom |
| 千古罪人 千古罪人 | sb condemned by history (idiom) | Idiom |
| 生灵涂炭 生靈塗炭 | people are in a terrible situation (idiom) | Idiom |