"Orange Revolution" Chinese-English Dictionary

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橙色革命 chéng sè gé mìng Orange Revolution
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)! / Your Majesty / His Majesty syn
风暴 風暴 fēng bào storm / violent commotion / fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc) syn
革命 gé mìng 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) / CL:次[ci4] syn
橙汁 chéng zhī orange juice / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1],罐[guan4],盒[he2]
橙色 chéng sè orange (color) syn
橙子 chéng zi orange syn
火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc)
插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn
燃起 rán qǐ to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
狂飙 狂飆 kuáng biāo hurricane / violent reform or revolution / violent movement or force syn
大革命 dà gé mìng great revolution
柑桔 gān jú orange (fruit) syn
四人帮 四人幫 sì rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
批斗 批鬥 pī dòu to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)
公转 公轉 gōng zhuàn orbital revolution
橙红色 橙紅色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color / dark orange
牛棚 niú péng cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
文化大革命 wén huà dà gé mìng Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
红卫兵 紅衛兵 hóng wèi bīng Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red
甜橙 tián chéng sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
蜜柑 mì gān mandarin orange / tangerine syn
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
知青 zhī qīng educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution), abbr. for 知識青年|知识青年[zhi1 shi5 qing1 nian2] syn
民主革命 mín zhǔ gé mìng democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
橘红 橘紅 jú hóng orange (color) / orange peel (used in TCM)
邓小平理论 鄧小平理論 dèng xiǎo píng lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
文革 wén gé Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])
林彪 lín biāo Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at the time of the Cultural Revolution
陕北 陝北 shǎn běi Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地
刘少奇 劉少奇 liú shào qí Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
彭德怀 彭德懷 péng dé huái Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
辛亥革命 xīn hài gé mìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty syn
金针 金針 jīn zhēn needle used in embroidery or sewing / acupuncture needle / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) syn
工业革命 工業革命 gōng yè gé mìng Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
贺龙 賀龍 hè lóng He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution
橘色 jú sè orange (color)
辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911
黄兴 黃興 huáng xīng Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], murdered in Shanghai in 1916
反清 fǎn qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]
十月革命 shí yuè gé mìng October Revolution
新文化运动 新文化運動 xīn wén huà yùn dòng the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
脐橙 臍橙 qí chéng navel orange syn
黄水晶 黃水晶 huáng shuǐ jīng citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2 as a semiprecious stone)
周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
丹桂 dān guì orange osmanthus
新民主主义革命 新民主主義革命 xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution) syn
样板戏 樣板戲 yàng bǎn xì model theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)
橙黄 橙黃 chéng huáng orange yellow / tangerine yellow / chrome yellow syn
香橙 xiāng chéng orange (tree and fruit) syn
资产阶级革命 資產階級革命 zī chǎn jiē jí gé mìng bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
康生 kāng shēng Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films
华国锋 華國鋒 huá guó fēng Hua Guofeng (1921-), leader of Chinese Communist Party after the Cultural Revolution
橙皮 chéng pí orange peel
走资派 走資派 zǒu zī pài capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution)
柳橙汁 liǔ chéng zhī orange juice / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1],罐[guan4],盒[he2] / see also 橙汁[cheng2 zhi1]
朦胧诗 朦朧詩 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) / tangerine syn
chéng orange tree / orange (color) syn
orange-red silk / orange-red colored
橘子汁 jú zi zhī orange juice / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1],罐[guan4],盒[he2] / see also 橙汁[cheng2 zhi1]
托洛茨基 託洛茨基 tuō luò cí jī Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), a leader in the Russian Revolution in 1917
枳壳 枳殼 zhǐ qiào bitter orange (Fructus aurantii) (used in TCM)
吴晗 吳晗 wú hán Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution
宋教仁 sòng jiào rén Song Jiaoren (1882-1913), politician of the revolutionary party involved in the 1911 Xinhai revolution, murdered in Shanghai in 1913
黑五类 黑五類 hēi wǔ lèi the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
谭震林 譚震林 tán zhèn lín Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the Cultural Revolution
改良主义 改良主義 gǎi liáng zhǔ yì reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
橘子酱 橘子醬 jú zi jiàng orange jam / marmalade
郭小川 guō xiǎo chuān Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution
zhǐ (orange) / hedge thorn syn
橘柑 jú gān tangerine / orange syn
yūn orange color / used in 絪縕|𬘡缊[yin1yun1]
yūn generative force / orange color
武昌起义 武昌起義 wǔ chāng qǐ yì Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
天崩地裂 tiān bēng dì liè heaven falls and earth rends (idiom) / rocked by a major disaster / fig. violent revolution / major social upheaval syn
巴山夜雨 bā shān yè yǔ rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
旧民主主义革命 舊民主主義革命 jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng old democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
九月革命 jiǔ yuè gé mìng al-Fatih revolution / revolution of 1 September
九月一日革命节 九月一日革命節 jiǔ yuè yī rì gé mìng jié al-Fatih revolution / revolution of 1 September
橙剂 橙劑 chéng jì Agent Orange (herbicide)
橙色剂 橙色劑 chéng sè jì Agent Orange (herbicide)
橙色战剂 橙色戰劑 chéng sè zhàn jì Agent Orange (herbicide)
桔子水 jú zi shuǐ orange juice / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1],罐[guan4],盒[he2]
柳橙 liǔ chéng orange (fruit)
柳丁 liǔ dīng orange (fruit) (Tw)
桔子酱 桔子醬 jú zi jiàng orange jam / marmalade
橘树 橘樹 jú shù orange tree
橘录 橘錄 jú lù classification of orange trees by 12th century Song dynasty botanist Han Yanzhi 韓彥直|韩彦直[Han2 Yan4 zhi2]
橙皮果酱 橙皮果醬 chéng pí guǒ jiàng (orange) marmalade
红橙 紅橙 hóng chéng blood orange
红橙黄绿蓝靛紫 紅橙黃綠藍靛紫 hóng chéng huáng lǜ lán diàn zǐ red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow)
金针花 金針花 jīn zhēn huā orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
韩彦直 韓彥直 hán yàn zhí Han Yanzhi (1131-?), Song dynasty botanist, author of classification of orange trees 橘錄|橘录[ju2 lu4]
黄水 黃水 huáng shuǐ citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2) / yellow water / name of river in Henan
黃花 huáng huā virgin / orange day lily (Hemerocallis fulva) / Chrysanthemum
七里香 qī lǐ xiāng orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
橙胸咬鹃 橙胸咬鵑 chéng xiōng yǎo juān (bird species of China) orange-breasted trogon (Harpactes oreskios)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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