粵

革gaak3命ming6

gaak3 ming6gaap3 ming6gé mìng

English

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

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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)
  2. 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。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 革命万岁!

    Long live the Revolution!

    Tatoeba · iiujik CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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