工业革命
Gōng yè Gé mìng
Pinyin

Definition

工业革命
 - 
Gōng yè Gé mìng
  1. Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

命
mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
命运
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
员工
yuán gōng
  1. 1 staff
  2. 2 personnel
  3. 3 employee
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
工资
gōng zī
  1. 1 wages
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],月[yuè]
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
革命
gé mìng
  1. 1 revolution
  2. 2 revolutionary (politics)
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
人命
rén mìng
  1. 1 human life
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
人工
rén gōng
  1. 1 artificial
  2. 2 manpower
  3. 3 manual work
任命
rèn mìng
  1. 1 to appoint
  2. 2 (job) appointment
  3. 3 CL:紙|纸[zhǐ]
使命
shǐ mìng
  1. 1 mission
  2. 2 long-term task to which one devotes oneself
  3. 3 a calling
做工
zuò gōng
  1. 1 to work with one's hands
  2. 2 manual work
  3. 3 workmanship
偿命
cháng mìng
  1. 1 to pay with one's life
分工
fēn gōng
  1. 1 to divide up the work
  2. 2 division of labor
加工
jiā gōng
  1. 1 to process
  2. 2 processing
  3. 3 working (of machinery)
务工
wù gōng
  1. 1 to work as a laborer
化工
huà gōng
  1. 1 chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業|化学工业[huà xué gōng yè]
  2. 2 chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程|化学工程[huà xué gōng chéng]
半条命
bàn tiáo mìng
  1. 1 half a life
  2. 2 only half alive
  3. 3 barely alive
  4. 4 (scared, beaten etc) half to death
命中
mìng zhòng
  1. 1 to hit (a target)
命令
mìng lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
  1. 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
工欲善其事，必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
  1. 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
恭敬不如从命
gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
  1. 1 deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
  2. 2 (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
  1. 1 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. avaricious
  3. 3 tightfisted
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
敢不从命
gǎn bù cóng mìng
  1. 1 to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
时乖命蹇
shí guāi mìng jiǎn
  1. 1 bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
死于非命
sǐ yú fēi mìng
  1. 1 violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
  2. 2 an unnatural death
洗心革面
xǐ xīn gé miàn
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
生命不息，战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
生死有命
shēng sǐ yǒu mìng
  1. 1 life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome

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