革命
gaak3 ming6gaap3 ming6gé mìng
English
- to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)
- (political) revolution
- revolution
- revolution
- revolutionary
- to revolt (against sb or sth)
- to revolutionize (sth)
- (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)
量詞 — Classifiers
粵語 — Cantonese
- 推翻舊政權並改變政治制度,通常會喺脅逼之下發生(量詞:個/次/場)
- 泛指一切對社會整體影響深遠、標誌時代變更嘅劇烈變革,例如經濟制度、思想體系等方面(量詞:個/次/場)
Examples
光榮革命
the Glorious Revolution
十月革命
the October Revolution
工業革命
the Industrial Revolution
法國大革命
the French Revolution
天鵝絨革命
the Velvet Revolution ----
古時天子受命於天,所以朝代更替就稱為「革命」
originally, overthrow of the previous dynasty
我相信我可以話死刑係同人類兩千年嚟所諗得更高同夢想嘅相反:佢同基督教嘅精神同革命精神都矛盾。
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革命万岁!
Long live the Revolution!
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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk