建gin3國gwok3

English

1. to found a country
2. to create, build, found or establish a country
3. nation-building
4. the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 建立國家

Examples

• 建國大業

  great undertaking of founding a country

• 建國神話

  state-foundation myth

• 獨立建國

  to become an independent state

• 眾所周知，直到上個世紀中葉日本是一個封建國家。

  It is well known that up to the middle of the last century Japan was a feudal state.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 我们的建国理念是“人人生而平等”。几个世纪以来，我们一直在全国乃至世界范围内为实践上述理念的真谛而浴血奋斗。

  We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words – within our borders, and around the world.

  Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY