立國

立国
lìguó
to found a country

CEDICT

to establish a nation; to found a state

Wiktionary

  1. 建立國家。
  2. 對立抗衡的國家。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 立 lì
  1. to stand
  2. to set up
  3. to establish
  4. to lay down
  5. to draw up
  6. at once
  7. immediately
2 國 guó
  1. country; nation; state
  2. (bound form) national

Related entries

建國 jiànguó
  1. to found a country
  2. nation-building
  3. the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949
我们的建国理念是“人人生而平等”。几个世纪以来，我们一直在全国乃至世界范围内为实践上述理念的真谛而浴血奋斗。

We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words – within our borders, and around the world.

Source: Tatoeba