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革

gé

Definition

leather
meaning component (leather, leather products)
radical (Kang Xi 177)
animal hide
to reform
to remove
to expel (from office)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (46)

shoe; shoes

to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; lux (unit of illumination); (literary) bridle

hegemon; tyrant; lord; feudal chief; to rule by force; to usurp; (in modern advertising) master

saddle

whip or lash; to flog; to whip; conductor's baton; segmented iron weapon (old); penis (of animal, served as food)

martingale; stingy

boots

reins

to bring up; to rear; Taiwan pr. [ju2]

target; mark

scabbard; sheath

to strap tightly; to bind

bridle; halter; to restrain; to detain; to lodge; inn

martingale (leather strap in horse harness); discontented

Tartar; a tribe in China

suede; chamois; tannin; to tan

buskin; name of a tribe; turban

saddle blanket

scabbard

(phonetic); dressed leather

name of a tribe; socks; stockings

to interrogate; to question

leather shoes

large belt

leg warmer

leg warmer

leather shoes; leather belt; thin bamboo strips

bridle; reins

a quiver on a horse; a store

traces (of a carriage)

children's shoe (old); to wear one's shoes babouche style

fine

the leg of a boot

patch of leather

to work hides; leather bag

reins of leather

hand drum used by peddlers

leather

a leaning board on carriage

reins; bridle

to cobble; to patch

leather girth on horse

to sole a shoe; also written 绱

see see 犂靬[Li2 jian1], Han dynasty name for countries in far West, Han dynasty name for countries in far West

crupper; leather strap; (dialect) to draw back; to shrink

Related words (56)

to expel; to kick out

revolution; revolutionary (politics)

leather purse; (fig.) human body

leather (shoes); (fig.) Western dress

to innovate; innovation

to sack; to remove from a position; to depose

to dismiss from a post

to eliminate; to expel; to abolish

leather goods

gé mìng dǎng

the revolutionary party

revolutionary army

a revolutionary

gé mìng xìng

revolutionary

gé chū shān mén

to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery)

gé chū jiào mén

to excommunicate (from a church)

gé mìng xiān liè

martyr to the revolution

gé mìng wèi duì

revolutionary guard

gé mìng liè shì

martyr of the revolution

to transform; to change

to fire; to discharge

reform; to reform

evolution of sth over time; course of development; history

leather

to dismiss; to lay off

change of dynasties; clear out the old, bring in the new

counter-revolutionary

great revolution

reformer

the reformist party

reformer

dengue fever; Singapore hemorrhagic fever

fellmonger; a dealer who works with animal hides and skins

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 and the Northern Warlords

lì shǐ yán gé

historical development; background

tǔ dì gǎi gé

land reform

zōng jiào gǎi gé

(Protestant) Reformation

gǎi gé kāi fàng

to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980

gǎi gé jìn chéng

reform process

zhèng zhì gǎi gé

political reform

wén zì gǎi gé

reform of the writing system

mín zhǔ gé mìng

democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)

dēng gé yì miáo

dengue vaccine

dēng gé bìng dú

dengue virus

jīng jì gǎi gé

economic reform

xī zhuāng gé lǚ

dressed in Western-style clothes; impeccably attired

jīn róng gǎi gé

financial reform

典型登革热

diǎn xíng dēng gé rè

dengue fever

反革命宣传

fǎn gé mìng xuān chuán

counter-revolutionary propaganda

反革命政变

fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn

an anti-revolutionary coup

反革命案件

fǎn gé mìng àn jiàn

counterrevolutionary case (law)

出血性登革热

chū xuè xìng dēng gé rè

dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)

资产阶级革命

zī chǎn jiē jí gé mìng

bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)

旧民主主义革命

jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng

old democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)

肃清反革命分子

sù qīng fǎn gé mìng fèn zǐ

purge of counter-revolutionaries (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57); abbr. to 肅反|肃反

反革命宣传煽动罪

fǎn gé mìng xuān chuán shān dòng zuì

the crime of instigating counter-revolutionary propaganda

四一二反革命政变

sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn

counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai

Idioms (4)

gé gù dǐng xīn

to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate

gé miàn xǐ xīn

(lit.) to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways; to turn over a new leaf

xǐ xīn gé miàn

(lit.) to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways; to turn over a new leaf

mǎ gé guǒ shī

to be buried in a horse hide (idiom); to give one's life on the battlefield

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