建国 (建國)
jiàn guó
Pinyin

Definition

建国 (建國)
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jiàn guó
  1. to found a country
  2. nation-building
  3. the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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.)
建设
jiàn shè
  1. 1 to build
  2. 2 to construct
  3. 3 construction
  4. 4 constructive
建议
jiàn yì
  1. 1 to propose
  2. 2 to suggest
  3. 3 to recommend
  4. 4 proposal
  5. 5 suggestion
  6. 6 recommendation
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
  8. 8 classifier: 点 diǎn

Idioms (2)

勤俭建国
qín jiǎn jiàn guó
  1. 1 to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force

Sample Sentences

这也不能怪导演怪编剧了，要怪就怪广电总局吧，出了个奇葩的文件，规定建国以后动物不能成精，真是亏他们想得出来。
zhè yě bùnéng guài dǎoyǎn guài biānjù le ，yào guài jiù guài guǎngdiànzǒngjú ba ，chū le gè qípā de wénjiàn ，guīdìng jiànguó yǐhòu dòngwù bùnéng chéng jīng ，zhēn shì kuī tāmen xiǎng de chūlái 。
You can't really blame the directors or the screen writers for that, if you want to blame anyone blame the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television for issuing all these bizarre proclamations and rules stating that from the founding of the country animals cannot become spirits, it makes you wonder how they came up with it.
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好，我来打电话。你好，我在辛亥路和建国南路口，这里发生车祸，小客车撞了行人，行人头部有外伤，在流血，看起来意识不清。
hǎo ，wǒ lái dǎ diànhuà 。nǐhǎo ，wǒ zài Xīnhài lù hé jiànguónán lùkǒu ，zhèlǐ fāshēng chēhuò ，xiǎokèchē zhuàng le xíngrén ，xíngrén tóubù yǒu wàishāng ，zài liúxiě ，kàn qǐlái yìshibùqīng 。
OK, I'll call. Hello, I'm at the corner of Xinhai Road and Jianguo South Road, there's been an accident. A car ran over a pedestrian. The pedestrian has an external head injury, he's bleeding and seems unresponsive.
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哎，时代不同了嘛。刚建国的时候，不管什么行业、什么工作，大家都一条心，争着去劳动，个个都想为国家作贡献。
āi ，shídài bùtóng le ma 。gāng jiànguó de shíhou ，bùguǎn shénme hángyè 、shénme gōngzuò ，dàjiā dōu yī tiáo xīn ，zhēng zhe qù láodòng ，gègè dōu xiǎng wèi guójiā zuò gòngxiàn 。
Ah, it's a different era. When the state had just been established, no matter what your industry or job was, you and everyone else were of one mind, all striving to make a contribution to the nation through labor.
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哟，那么简单！赵建国怎么还要参加培训班？
yo ，nàme jiǎndān ！Zhào Jiànguó zěnme hái yào cānjiā péixùn bān ？
Oh, it's so simple! Why does Zhao Jianguo still need to go to an extra training course?
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哎，小周，我给你介绍一下，这是赵建国，他是......
āi ，Xiǎo Zhōu ，wǒ gěi nǐ jièshào yīxià ，zhè shì Zhào Jiànguó ，tā shì ......
Hey, Zhou, let me introduce you. This is Zhao Jianguo, he's...
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赵建国，你别瞎说！哎，老王来了。
Zhào Jiànguó ，nǐ bié xiāshuō ！āi ，Lǎo Wáng lái le 。
Zhao Jianguo, enough already! Oh, Mr. Wang is here.
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陈建国。
Chén Jiànguó 。
Chen Jianguo.
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