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Pinyin yì

Radical

丶

Strokes

Definition

justice / righteousness / meaning

Usage

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唯物主义 wéi wù zhǔ yì

materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality

唯心主义 wéi xīn zhǔ yì

philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness

历史唯物主义 lì shǐ wéi wù zhǔ yì

historical materialism (Marx's theory of history)

辩证唯物主义 biàn zhèng wéi wù zhǔ yì

dialectical materialism

唯物主义者 wéi wù zhǔ yì zhě

materialist

客观唯心主义 kè guān wéi xīn zhǔ yì

objective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy)

严义埙 yán yì xūn

Yan Yixun

平均主义 píng jūn zhǔ yì

egalitarianism

义愤填膺 yì fèn tián yīng

righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice

义塾 yì shú

private school charging no tuition

义勇军 yì yǒng jūn

volunteer army

见义勇为 jiàn yì yǒng wéi

to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause

义勇 yì yǒng

courageous / righteous and courageous

孝义 Xiào yì

Xiaoyi county level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西

封建主义 fēng jiàn zhǔ yì

feudalism

黄巢起义 Huáng Cháo qǐ yì

Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao

巩义市 Gǒng yì shì

Gongyi county level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], Henan

礼义廉耻 lǐ yì lián chǐ

sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])

背信弃义 bèi xìn qì yì

breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray / treachery / perfidy

忘恩负义 wàng ēn fù yì

to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth

忠义 zhōng yì

loyal and righteous / fealty / loyalty

恐怖主义 kǒng bù zhǔ yì

terrorism

义愤 yì fèn

righteous indignation / moral indignation

慷慨就义 kāng kǎi jiù yì

go to one's death like a hero / die a martyr's death

扩张主义 kuò zhāng zhǔ yì

expansionism

义和拳 Yì hé quán

the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history)

大义凛然 dà yì lǐn rán

devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)

古典主义 gǔ diǎn zhǔ yì

classicism

冒险主义 mào xiǎn zhǔ yì

adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)

民族主义 mín zú zhǔ yì

nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism

原教旨主义 yuán jiào zhǐ zhǔ yì

fundamentalism

武昌起义 Wǔ chāng Qǐ yì

Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty

蒙昧主义 méng mèi zhǔ yì

obscurantism

机械唯物主义 jī xiè wéi wù zhǔ yì

mechanical materialism

官僚主义 guān liáo zhǔ yì

bureaucracy

官僚资本主义 guān liáo zī běn zhǔ yì

bureaucrat capitalism

官僚主义者 guān liáo zhǔ yì zhě

bureaucrat

义兄 yì xiōng

Brother

马克思列宁主义 mǎ kè sī liè níng zhǔ yì

Marxism-Leninism

侠肝义胆 xiá gān yì dǎn

Chivalrous

樱内义雄 yīng nèi yì xióng

Sakurauchi Yoshio

歧义 qí yì

ambiguity / several possible meanings

殖民主义 zhí mín zhǔ yì

colonialism

殖民主义者 zhí mín zhǔ yì zhě

colonialist

多行不义必自毙 duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì

persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)

浪漫主义 làng màn zhǔ yì

romanticism

涵义 hán yì

content / meaning / connotation / implication

义熙 yì xī

Yoshie

狭义 xiá yì

narrow sense / restricted sense

自由主义 zì yóu zhǔ yì

liberalism

秋收起义 Qiū shōu Qǐ yì

Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong

享乐主义 xiǎng lè zhǔ yì

hedonism

义仓 yì cāng

local public welfare granary or barn

仗义 zhàng yì

to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by

行侠仗义 xíng xiá zhàng yì

to be chivalrous

仗义疏财 zhàng yì shū cái

to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy

仗义执言 zhàng yì zhí yán

to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle

神秘主义 shén mì zhǔ yì

mysticism

纳粹主义 Nà cuì zhǔ yì

Nazism

民粹主义 mín cuì zhǔ yì

populism

侠义 xiá yì

chivalrous / chivalry / knight-errantry

社会主义 shè huì zhǔ yì

socialism

帝国主义 dì guó zhǔ yì

imperialism

资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì

capitalism

马克思主义 Mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì

Marxism

正义 zhèng yì

justice / righteousness / just / righteous

起义 qǐ yì

uprising / insurrection / revolt

意义 yì yì

sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL:個|个[ge4]

主义 zhǔ yì

-ism / ideology

义务 yì wù

duty / obligation / CL:項|项[xiang4] / volunteer (work etc)

义和团 Yì hé tuán

the Righteous and Harmonious Fists / the Boxers (history)

定义 dìng yì

definition / to define

名义 míng yì

name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose

义军 yì jūn

volunteer army

起义军 qǐ yì jūn

insurrectionary army

含义 hán yì

meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation

广义 guǎng yì

broad sense / general sense

共产主义 gòng chǎn zhǔ yì

communism

义务教育 yì wù jiào yù

compulsory education

同义词 tóng yì cí

synonym

义父 yì fù

adoptive father

改良主义 gǎi liáng zhǔ yì

reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)

折衷主义 zhé zhōng zhǔ yì

eclecticism

武装起义 wǔ zhuāng qǐ yì

armed uprising

褒义词 bāo yì cí

commendatory term

褒义 bāo yì

commendatory sense / positive connotation

讲义 jiǎng yì

teaching materials

义诊 yì zhěn

see patients on a volunteer basis

贬义 biǎn yì

derogatory sense / negative connotation

贬义词 biǎn yì cí

derogatory term

义不容辞 yì bù róng cí

not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom) / incumbent / bounden (duty)

遵义 Zūn yì

Zun'yi prefecture level city in Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]

遵义市 Zūn yì shì

Zun'yi prefecture level city in Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]

霸权主义 bà quán zhǔ yì

hegemonism

义无反顾 yì wú fǎn gù

honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts

义齿 yì chǐ

artificial tooth

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