阀 (閥)
fá
Pinyin

Definition

阀 (閥)
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fá
  1. powerful individual, family or group
  2. clique
  3. (loanword) valve

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

军阀
jūn fá
  1. 1 military clique
  2. 2 junta
  3. 3 warlord
阀
fá
  1. 1 powerful individual, family or group
  2. 2 clique
  3. 3 (loanword) valve
阀门
fá mén
  1. 1 valve (mechanical)
财阀
cái fá
  1. 1 plutocracy
  2. 2 monopolistic corporation, esp. prewar Japanese zaibatsu
  3. 3 Korean chaebol
  4. 4 plutocrat
  5. 5 tycoon
  6. 6 oligarch
  7. 7 financial magnate

Sample Sentences

是吧，我来台湾玩之前做了一点功课，其实蒋介石对民族的贡献也是很大的。比如在清末军阀割据的时候领导了两次北伐，统一了乱世中的中国；比如对文化教育的重视等等。还有他到死都坚持一个中国的信念，坚决不搞台独。
shì ba ，wǒ lái Táiwān wán zhīqián zuò le yīdiǎn gōngkè ，qíshí Jiǎng Jièshí duì mínzú de gòngxiàn yě shì hěn dà de 。bǐrú zài qīngmò jūnfá gējù de shíhou lǐngdǎo le liǎng cì běifá ，tǒngyī le luànshì zhōng de Zhōngguó ；bǐrú duì wénhuà jiàoyù de zhòngshì děngdeng 。háiyǒu tā dào sǐ dōu jiānchí yī gè Zhōngguó de xìnniàn ，jiānjué bù gǎo táidú 。
Yeah. Before I went to Taiwan I did some research. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek's contributions to the people were pretty great. For example, when the country was being carved up by warlords at the end of the Qing Dynasty, he led an invasion into the north two times to unite China. Another example was his valuing of culture and education. And even at the end of his life he was still committed to the idea of one China, and that Taiwan should not be independent.
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哦，是阀门坏了。
ò ，shì fámén huài le 。
Oh, the valve is broken.
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