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HSK
sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation
HSK 4
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose
HSK 6
definition / to define
HSK 7-9
-ism / ideology
HSK 7-9
socialism
HSK 7-9
broad sense / general sense
HSK 7-9
content / meaning / connotation / implication
HSK 7-9
chivalrous / chivalry / knight-errantry
HSK 7-9
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
HSK 7-9
bureaucracy
HSK 7-9
imperialism
HSK 7-9
capitalism
HSK 7-9
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surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利)
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justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
teaching materials
the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine
Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华, Zhejiang
synonymous
Shunyi, a district of Beijing
derogatory sense / negative connotation
meaning of a word
the essentials
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius) / to choose honor over life; would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
benevolence and righteousness
affable and even-tempered
Xingyi city in Guizhou, capital of Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
morality / righteousness and justice
Xiaoyi, county-level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
to swear brotherhood
(linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
meaning of a character
narrow sense / restricted sense
meaning of words / semantic
as the name implies
to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme
original meaning / literal sense
Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan
righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
affection / comradeship
Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
to be killed for a righteous cause / to die a martyr
ambiguity / several possible meanings
uprising / insurrection / revolt
to meet as volunteers for an uprising
commendatory sense / positive connotation
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan / Xinyi or Hsinyi District of Keelung City 基隆市, Taiwan / Xinyi or Hsinyi Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
good faith / honor / trust and justice
creed / doctrine / teachings
a doubtful point
loyal and righteous / fealty / loyalty
to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by
subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom) / fig. to act from mercenary considerations; to sell one's soul
to declare at the outset (idiom)
breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray / treachery / perfidy
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation
hypocrisy / pretended righteousness
feelings of gratitude and loyalty
to have a high notion of one's duty / to be highly principled
distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy
to talk nonsense (idiom) / frivolous talk
public-spirited
differing opinion
peasant revolt
original meaning
pragmatism
Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong
naturalism (philosophy)
to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义) (idiom)
communism
minimalism
liberalism
to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting
Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
anarchism
socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
humanism / humanitarian (aid)
feminism
Marxism
nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
not to have any meaning / meaningless
feminism
utilitarianism
constitutionalism
nationalism / statism
collectivism
neoclassicism
idealism
to remove ambiguity / disambiguation (in Wikipedia)
affectionate and true / loyal (idiom)
vegetarianism

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