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"democratic revolution" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
民主革命 mín zhǔ gé mìng democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
克林顿 克林頓 kè lín dùn Clinton (name) / Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001 / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
朦胧诗 朦朧詩 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
托洛茨基 託洛茨基 tuō luò cí jī Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), a leader in the Russian Revolution in 1917
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)
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
民主 mín zhǔ democracy / democratic syn
米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009
民主党 民主黨 mín zhǔ dǎng Democratic Party
希拉里 xī lā lǐ Hillary (name) / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
东德 東德 dōng dé East Germany (1945-1990) / German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国[De2 yi4 zhi4 Min2 zhu3 Gong4 he2 guo2]
民主化 mín zhǔ huà to convert to democracy / democratic transformation
民盟 mín méng China Democratic League (political party) / abbr. for 中國民主同盟|中国民主同盟
蒙代尔 蒙代爾 méng dài ěr Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
民进党 民進黨 mín jìn dǎng DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan) / abbr. for 民主進步黨|民主进步党
民主政治 mín zhǔ zhèng zhì democracy / democratic
自民党 自民黨 zì mín dǎng Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese political party)
民主集中制 mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhì democratic centralism
人民民主专政 人民民主專政 rén mín mín zhǔ zhuān zhèng people's democratic dictatorship
社民党 社民黨 shè mín dǎng Social Democratic party
扎伊尔 扎伊爾 zhā yī ěr Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
自由民主党 自由民主黨 zì yóu mín zhǔ dǎng Liberal Democratic Party
金沙萨 金沙薩 jīn shā sà Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
金夏沙 jīn xià shā Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tw)
东帝汶 東帝汶 dōng dì wèn East Timor (officially Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste)
刚果民主共和国 剛果民主共和國 gāng guǒ mín zhǔ gòng hé guó Democratic Republic of Congo
民建联 民建聯 mín jiàn lián Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong (abbr. for 民主建港協進聯盟|民主建港协进联盟[Min2 zhu3 Jian4 gang3 Xie2 jin4 Lian2 meng2])
中国民主同盟 中國民主同盟 zhōng guó mín zhǔ tóng méng China Democratic League
中国民主建国会 中國民主建國會 zhōng guó mín zhǔ jiàn guó huì China Democratic National Construction Association
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
农友 農友 nóng yǒu our peasant friends (political term used in the early years of the Old Democratic Revolution, 1840-1919) / (Tw) (coll.) farmer
民主力量同盟 Allied Democratic Forces / Alliance of Democratic Forces
刚果民主共和国东部问题特使 剛果民主共和國東部問題特使 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo / Special Envoy for eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
国家国际事务民主研究所 國家國際事務民主研究所 guó jiā guó jì shì wù mín zhǔ yán jiū suǒ National Democratic Institute for International Affairs / National Democratic Institute
国家民主研究所 國家民主研究所 guó jiā mín zhǔ yán jiū suǒ National Democratic Institute for International Affairs / National Democratic Institute
穆斯林民主行动党 穆斯林民主行動黨 Muslim Party of Democratic Action / Party of Democratic Action
达达尼亚民主联盟 達達尼亞民主聯盟 Democratic League of Dardania / Democratic League
民主繁荣党－全国民主党 民主繁榮黨－全國民主黨 Party of Democratic Prosperity - National Democratic Party
苏丹人民解放运动民主变革派 蘇丹人民解放運動民主變革派 Sudan People's Liberation Movement-Democratic Change SPLM-Democratic Change
埃塞俄比亚人民革命民主阵线 埃塞俄比亞人民革命民主陣線 Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front / Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
柯林顿 柯林頓 kē lín dùn (Tw) Clinton (name) / Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, president 1993-2001 / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
斗批改 鬥批改 dòu pī gǎi struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
法国大革命 法國大革命 fǎ guó dà gé mìng French Revolution (1789-1799)
光荣革命 光榮革命 guāng róng gé mìng Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
邹容 鄒容 zōu róng Zou Rong (1885-1905), a martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, died in jail in 1905
三家村 sān jiā cūn (lit.) village of three households / the Three Family Village, an essay column in a Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓[Deng4 Tuo4], Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗[Wu2 Han2] and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙[Liao4 Mo4 sha1], criticized as anti-Party during the Cultural Revolution syn
二次革命 èr cì gé mìng Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3] and the Northern Warlords
五七干校 五七幹校 wǔ qī gàn xiào May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4])
五七干部学校 五七幹部學校 wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4])
动物庄园 動物莊園 dòng wù zhuāng yuán Animal Farm (1945), novel and famous satire on communist revolution by George Orwell 喬治·奧威爾|乔治·奥威尔[Qiao2 zhi4 · Ao4 wei1 er3] / also translated 動物農場|动物农场[Dong4 wu4 Nong2 chang3]
动物农场 動物農場 dòng wù nóng chǎng Animal Farm (1945), novel and famous satire on communist revolution by George Orwell 喬治·奧威爾|乔治·奥威尔[Qiao2 zhi4 · Ao4 wei1 er3]
北洋政府 běi yáng zhèng fǔ the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911
北洋军 北洋軍 běi yáng jūn north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
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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