沿革
yán gé
Pinyin

Definition

沿革
 - 
yán gé
  1. evolution of sth over time
  2. course of development
  3. history

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

改革
gǎi gé
  1. 1 reform
  2. 2 CL:次[cì],種|种[zhǒng],項|项[xiàng]
  3. 3 to reform
革命
gé mìng
  1. 1 revolution
  2. 2 revolutionary (politics)
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
前沿
qián yán
  1. 1 front-line
  2. 2 forward position
  3. 3 outpost
  4. 4 extending ahead
  5. 5 frontier (of science, technology etc)
文革
Wén gé
  1. 1 Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
  2. 2 abbr. for 文化大革命[Wén huà Dà gé mìng]
沿
yán
  1. 1 along
  2. 2 to follow (a line, tradition etc)
  3. 3 to carry on
  4. 4 to trim (a border with braid, tape etc)
  5. 5 border
  6. 6 edge
沿海
yán hǎi
  1. 1 coastal
沿线
yán xiàn
  1. 1 along the line (e.g. railway)
  2. 2 the region near the line
沿着
yán zhe
  1. 1 to go along
  2. 2 to follow
沿路
yán lù
  1. 1 along the way
  2. 2 the duration of a journey
沿途
yán tú
  1. 1 along the sides of the road
  2. 2 by the wayside
皮革
pí gé
  1. 1 leather
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng]
变革
biàn gé
  1. 1 to transform
  2. 2 to change
革
gé
  1. 1 animal hide
  2. 2 leather
  3. 3 to reform
  4. 4 to remove
  5. 5 to expel (from office)
革新
gé xīn
  1. 1 to innovate
  2. 2 innovation
反革命
fǎn gé mìng
  1. 1 counterrevolutionary
大马士革
Dà mǎ shì gé
  1. 1 Damascus, capital of Syria
帽沿
mào yán
  1. 1 variant of 帽檐[mào yán]
床沿
chuáng yán
  1. 1 bedside
改革家
gǎi gé jiā
  1. 1 reformer
改革派
gǎi gé pài
  1. 1 the reformist party

Idioms (4)

洗心革面
xǐ xīn gé miàn
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
革面洗心
gé miàn xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
马革裹尸
mǎ gé guǒ shī
  1. 1 to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
  2. 2 to give one's life on the battlefield

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