民主
mín zhǔ
Pinyin
Definition
民主
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- democracy
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 owner
- 2 master
- 3 host
- 4 individual or party concerned
- 5 God
- 6 Lord
- 7 main
- 8 to indicate or signify
- 9 trump card (in card games)
- 1 to take the initiative
- 2 to do sth of one's own accord
- 3 spontaneous
- 4 active
- 5 opposite: passive 被動|被动[bèi dòng]
- 6 drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- 1 TV or radio presenter
- 2 host
- 3 anchor
- 1 main
- 2 principal
- 3 major
- 4 primary
Idioms (20)
不由自主
- 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
仁民爱物
- 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
便民利民
- 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
全民皆兵
- 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
六神无主
- 1 out of one's wits (idiom)
- 2 distracted
- 3 stunned
Sample Sentences
第五:美国中期选举结果出来了,民主党获得众议院控制权,共和党保住了参议院。
5. The U.S. midterm election results are out: Democrats took control of the House of Representatives, and the republicans kept the majority of the senate.
不太了解,我只知道一个是奥巴马,一个好像是叫什么罗姆尼的吧。奥巴马是民主党的,那那个罗姆尼就是共和党的。
Not really. I only know one of them is Obama. I think the other called something like Romney, right? Obama is the Democrat, and that Romney is the Republican.
咳,这个简单,历史课上我们都背得滚瓜烂熟了。五四的精神就是科学民主,爱国自救。它对中国的教育,思想文化,政治经济等都有深远的影响。
Hey, that’s easy. We have to memorize it in history class so well we can say it in our sleep. The essence of the May Fourth Movement is science, democracy, patriotism and self-liberation. It had a far-reaching impact on education, ideology, culture, politics and economics in China.
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。
It introduced advanced Western political concepts about democracy and science, and cast aside outdated feudalistic ideas that were keeping China from developing.
林峰说国际视角,其实孙中山正是有国际视角的革命家。他在不同的国家学习、生活过,思想开明。大家现在把书翻到第二十页。陈磊,读一下孙中山提出的三民主义。
Lin Feng calls it a global perspective, actually Sun Yatsen was a revolutionary with a global perspective. He was educated in and had lived in different countries, so he was very open-minded. Everyone, take your books and turn to page twenty. Chen Lei, read for us the Three People's Principles as set out by Sun Yatsen.
嗯,陈磊说得对。孙中山是中国民主革命的先行者。他建立了中华民国,也是中国国民党的创党人之一。
Uh-huh, Chen Lei is correct. Sun Yatsen was the forerunner of the Chinese democratic revolution. He is also one of the founders of the Chinese Nationalist Party.
三民主义指的是民族主义、民权主义和民生主义。它是中国人民宝贵的精神遗产。
The three people's principles are nationalism, democracy, and livelihood. They are a precious part of the legacy of the spirit of the Chinese people.
其实我对民主党的候选人也不是百分之百的满意,但总比共和党的强。他们承诺改革社保体系,平等分配社会资源,免除某些大公司的税收优惠。这些政策都能让人民受益。
Actually I'm not 100 percent satisfied with the Democratic candidate, but they're going to be better than the Republicans. They promise to reform social security, equally distribute societal resources, and eliminate the tax breaks given certain large corporations. These policies can benefit the people.
我敢打赌下届美国总统选举肯定是民主党赢。
I'm willing to bet that in the next American presidential election the Democrats will definitely win.
那我绝对会选民主党。现在也该换换了。
And I will absolutely choose the Democratic Party. It's time for a change.