| 辛亥革命 |
Xīn hài Gé mìng |
Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty |
| 辛 |
Xīn |
surname Xin |
| 辛 |
xīn |
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa |
| 辛亥 |
xīn hài |
forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命, Xinhai Revolution of 1911 |
| 亥 |
hài |
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330° |
| 革 |
gé |
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) |
| 革命 |
gé mìng |
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次 |
| 命 |
mìng |
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc |