报国
bào guó
Pinyin

Definition

报国
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bào guó
  1. to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
huí bào
  1. 1 (in) return
  2. 2 reciprocation
  3. 3 payback
  4. 4 retaliation
  5. 5 to report back
  6. 6 to reciprocate
Guó
  1. 1 surname Guo
guó nèi
  1. 1 domestic
  2. 2 internal (to a country)
  3. 3 civil
guó jiā
  1. 1 country
  2. 2 nation
  3. 3 state
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
guó jì
  1. 1 international
bào gào
  1. 1 to inform
  2. 2 to report
  3. 3 to make known
  4. 4 report
  5. 5 speech
  6. 6 talk
  7. 7 lecture
  8. 8 CL:篇[piān],份[fèn],個|个[gè],通[tòng]
bào dào
  1. 1 to report (news)
  2. 2 report
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān],份[fèn]
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
Yīng guó
  1. 1 United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lián hé wáng guó]
  2. 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  3. 3 abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Yīng gé lán]
Hán guó
  1. 1 South Korea (Republic of Korea)
  2. 2 Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhàn guó qī xióng]
  3. 3 Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
shàng bào
  1. 1 to report to one's superiors
  2. 2 to appear in the news
  3. 3 to reply to a letter
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
wáng guó
  1. 1 (of a nation) to be destroyed
  2. 2 subjugation
  3. 3 vanquished nation
É guó
  1. 1 Russia
quán guó
  1. 1 whole nation
  2. 2 nationwide
  3. 3 countrywide
  4. 4 national
gòng hé guó
  1. 1 republic
chū guó
  1. 1 to go abroad
  2. 2 to leave the country
  3. 3 emigration
běi guó
  1. 1 the northern part of the country
  2. 2 the North

Idioms (20)

亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
以德报怨
yǐ dé bào yuàn
  1. 1 to return good for evil (idiom)
  2. 2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨,以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
  1. 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó
  1. 1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
以身许国
yǐ shēn xǔ guó
  1. 1 to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
保家卫国
bǎo jiā wèi guó
  1. 1 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
两国相争,不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
勤俭建国
qín jiǎn jiàn guó
  1. 1 to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
君子报仇,十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
善有善报
shàn yǒu shàn bào
  1. 1 virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another
丧权辱国
sàng quán rǔ guó
  1. 1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
国家兴亡,匹夫有责
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
  1. 1 the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
  1. 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
国色天香
guó sè tiān xiāng
  1. 1 national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
报仇雪耻
bào chóu xuě chǐ
  1. 1 to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是不用,但每个人都有义务服兵役。如果国家要你你就必须去。但我可是主动要求的。“参军报国,无上光荣”,当年哥们儿我就是冲着这金灿灿的标语,头脑一热,就填了参军表格。
shì bùyòng ,dàn měi ge rén dōu yǒu yìwu fú bīngyì 。rúguǒ guójiā yào nǐ nǐ jiù bìxū qù 。dàn wǒ kěshì zhǔdòng yāoqiú de 。“cānjūn bàoguó ,wúshàng guāngróng ”,dāngnián gēmenr wǒ jiùshì chòngzhe zhè jīncàncàn de biāoyǔ ,tóunǎo yī rè ,jiù tián le cānjūn biǎogé 。
It doesn't, but every person has an obligation to serve. If your country needs you, then you have to go. However, I actively enlisted. “There is no greater honor than enlisting in the army to protect one's country.” It was because of that golden slogan during those years that I suddenly had the urge to sign my enlistment papers.