封建
fēng jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

封建
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fēng jiàn
  1. system of enfeoffment
  2. feudalism
  3. feudal
  4. feudalistic

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

封
Fēng
  1. 1 surname Feng
封面
fēng miàn
  1. 1 cover (of a publication)
建立
jiàn lì
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to set up
  3. 3 to found
建筑
jiàn zhù
  1. 1 to construct
  2. 2 building
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
建行
Jiàn háng
  1. 1 China Construction Bank (abbr.)

Idioms (5)

勤俭建国
qín jiǎn jiàn guó
  1. 1 to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
原封不动
yuán fēng bù dòng
  1. 1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
  2. 2 untouched
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
  1. 1 stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
  2. 2 stagnating and conservative
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force

Sample Sentences

可能他真的是封建社会大户人家的少爷吧！要不他怎么会知道这么多？
to be able to tā zhēnde shì fēngjiàn shèhuì dàhù rénjiā de shàoye ba ！yàobu tā zénme huì zhīdào zhème duō ？
Maybe he really was a young scion of a powerful family in feudal society. Otherwise, how would he know so much?
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都什么年代了，你也太封建了吧，都不问谁对谁错，上来直接让女人给男人赔不是，凭什么呀？再说了明明是他错，谁叫他一直调侃我来着。
dōu shénme niándài le ，nǐ yě tài fēngjiàn le ba ，dōu bù wèn shéi duì shéi cuò ，shànglái zhíjiē ràng nǚrén gěi nánrén péibùshì ，píng shénme ya ？zàishuō le míngmíng shì tā cuò ，shéi jiào tā yīzhí tiáokǎn wǒ láizhe 。
What era do you think it is? That's a little bit feudal of you, no? You didn't even ask who was in the right and who was in the wrong. Why would you always directly ask the woman to apologize to the man? And another thing, he was clearly in the wrong, who told him he should keep mocking me like that?
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呵！你这想法可够封建的啊。
hē ！nǐ zhè xiǎngfǎ kě gòu fēngjiàn de ā 。
Ha! You have a really feudal way of thinking.
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啊？都什么年代了？还这么老封建。我们家倒没这个讲究，我爸妈还巴不得我回家过年，一家人吃团圆饭呢。我也很想跟我爸妈一起过。
ǎ ？dōu shénme niándài le ？hái zhème lǎo fēngjiàn 。wǒmen jiā dào méi zhè ge jiǎngjiu ，wǒ bàmā hái bābudé wǒ huíjiā guònián ，yījiārén chī tuányuánfàn ne 。wǒ yě hěn xiǎng gēn wǒ bàmā yīqǐ guò 。
What? What era are you living in? So feudalistic. Our family doesn't do it that way. My mom and dad are really looking forward to me coming home for the New Year, and having the New Year family dinner. And I really want to be there with them for that.
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妈，你这都是封建迷信思想。
mā ，nǐ zhè dōu shì fēngjiàn míxìn sīxiǎng 。
Mom, that's just old-fashioned superstition.
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它引进了西方民主科学的先进治国理念，抛弃了阻碍中国社会发展的落后的封建思想。
tā yǐnjìn le xīfāng mínzhǔ kēxué de xiānjìn zhìguó lǐniàn ，pāoqì le zǔài Zhōngguó shèhuì fāzhǎn de luòhòu de fēngjiàn sīxiǎng 。
It introduced advanced Western political concepts about democracy and science, and cast aside outdated feudalistic ideas that were keeping China from developing.
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啧啧啧，真是封建迷信，浪费国家资源！
zézézé ，zhēn shì fēngjiàn míxìn ，làngfèi guójiā zīyuán ！
Tsk, tsk, tsk. It truly is feudal superstition. What a waste of national resources!
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你才封建迷信呢！中国人讲究“入土为安”，谁愿意被烧成灰啊！火化用电，用汽油，不也是浪费资源吗？而且火化了也要埋的。
nǐ cái fēngjiàn míxìn ne ！Zhōngguórén jiǎngjiu “rùtǔwéi\'ān ”，shéi yuànyì bèi shāo chéng huī a ！huǒhuà yòng diàn ，yòng qìyóu ，bùyě shì làngfèi zīyuán ma ？érqiě huǒhuà le yě yào mái de 。
You're the superstitious one! Chinese people like to lay their dead to rest by burying them. Who would want to be burned into ashes? Cremation uses electricity, it uses gas - isn't that a wate of national resources too? Also, there's still a burial with cremation.
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没错！为什么中国人，中国皇帝都这么尊崇孔子呢？因为孔子不仅是一位教育家，更是一位思想家。他是儒家思想的创始人，提出了“仁”的思想。他说“己所不欲，勿施于人”，意思是自己不想要的东西或者不想做的事，也不要强加给别人。儒家思想影响了中国封建社会几千年。
méicuò ！wèishénme Zhōngguórén ，Zhōngguó huángdì dōu zhème zūnchóng Kǒngzǐ ne ？yīnwèi Kǒngzǐ bùjǐn shì yī wèi jiàoyù jiā ，gèng shì yī wèi sīxiǎng jiā 。tā shì rújiāsīxiǎng de chuàngshǐrén ，tíchū le “rén ”de sīxiǎng 。tā shuō “jǐsuǒbùyù ，wùshīyúrén ”，yìsi shì zìjǐ bùxiǎng yào de dōngxi huò zhě bùxiǎng zuò de shì ，yě bù yào qiǎngjiā gěi biérén 。rújiāsīxiǎng yǐngxiǎng le Zhōngguó fēngjiànshèhuì jǐ qiān nián 。
That's right! Why is it that Chinese people, and the Chinese Emperor, venerate Confucius so much? This is because Confucius was not only an educator, but he was great thinker as well. He was the founder of the Confucian school of thought and put forth the idea of 'ren', or benevolence. He said, “What you do not wish for yourself, do not impose upon others.” Meaning that anything you wouldn't want for yourself, or anything you wouldn't do yourself, you shouldn't force upon other people. The Confucian school of thought influenced Chinese feudal society for thousands of years.
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老师，是秦始皇。他征服了战国后期的六国，建立了中国第一个统一的封建王朝。
lǎoshī ，shì Qínshǐhuáng 。tā zhēngfú le Zhànguó hòuqī de liù guó ，jiànlì le Zhōngguó dì yī ge tǒngyī de fēngjiàn wángcháo 。
Teacher, it was Qin Shihuang. He conquered the six kingdoms at the end of the Warring States period, establishing the first unified feudal dynasty in China.
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